Foliations is one of the major concepts of modern geometry and topology meaning a partition of topological space into a disjoint sum of leaves. This book is devoted to geometry and topology of surface foliations and their links to ergodic theory, dynamical systems, complex analysis, differential and noncommutative geometry. This comprehensive book addresses graduate students and researchers and will serve as a reference book for experts in the field.
By:
Igor Nikolaev Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Country of Publication: Germany Edition: 2001 ed. Volume: 41 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1.870kg ISBN:9783540675242 ISBN 10: 3540675248 Series:Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge / A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics Pages: 450 Publication Date:01 December 2000 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
0. Foliations on 2-Manifolds.- 1. Local Theory.- 2. Morse—Smale Foliations.- 3. Foliations Without Holonomy.- 4. Invariants of Foliations.- 5. Curves on Surfaces.- 6. Non-compact Surfaces.- 7. Ergodic Theory.- 8. Homeomorphisms of the Unit Circle.- 9. Diffeomorphisms of Surfaces.- 10. C*-Algebras.- 11. Quadratic Differentials.- 12. Flat Structures.- 13. Principal Curvature Lines.- 14. Differential Equations.- 15. Positive Differential 2—Forms.- 16. Control Theory.- 17. Riemann Surfaces.