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This clear and elegant text introduces Künneth, or bi-Lagrangian,
geometry from the foundations up, beginning with a rapid
introduction to symplectic geometry at a level suitable for
undergraduate students. Unlike other books on this topic, it
includes a systematic development of the foundations of Lagrangian
foliations. The latter half of the text discusses Künneth geometry
from the point of view of basic differential topology, featuring
both new expositions of standard material and new material that has
not previously appeared in book form. This subject, which has many
interesting uses and applications in physics, is developed ab
initio, without assuming any previous knowledge of
pseudo-Riemannian or para-complex geometry. This book will serve
both as a reference work for researchers, and as an invitation for
graduate students to explore this field, with open problems
included as inspiration for future research.
This clear and elegant text introduces Künneth, or bi-Lagrangian,
geometry from the foundations up, beginning with a rapid
introduction to symplectic geometry at a level suitable for
undergraduate students. Unlike other books on this topic, it
includes a systematic development of the foundations of Lagrangian
foliations. The latter half of the text discusses Künneth geometry
from the point of view of basic differential topology, featuring
both new expositions of standard material and new material that has
not previously appeared in book form. This subject, which has many
interesting uses and applications in physics, is developed ab
initio, without assuming any previous knowledge of
pseudo-Riemannian or para-complex geometry. This book will serve
both as a reference work for researchers, and as an invitation for
graduate students to explore this field, with open problems
included as inspiration for future research.
This monograph gives a thorough exposition of Floer's seminal work during the 1980s from a contemporary viewpoint. The material contained here was developed with specific applications in mind. However, it has now become clear that the techniques used are important for many current areas of research. An important example would be symplectic theory and gluing problems for self-dual metrics and other metrics with special holonomy. The author writes with the big picture constantly in mind. As well as a review of the current state of knowledge, there are sections on the likely direction of future research. Included in this are connections between Floer groups and the celebrated Seiberg-Witten invariants. The results described in this volume form part of the area known as Donaldson theory. The significance of this work is such that the author was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for his contribution.
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