INVITATIONS TO GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY by Martin R. Bridson (Editor), Simon M. Salamon (Editor) ( 9780198507727 )

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Title:

INVITATIONS TO GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

By:

Martin R. Bridson (Editor), Simon M. Salamon (Editor)

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0198507720

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

3 October, 2002

Series:

Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics 7

Pages:

338

Description:

This volume presents an array of topics that introduce the reader to key ideas in active areas in geometry and topology. The material is presented in a way that both graduate students and researchers should find accessible and enticing. The topics covered range from Morse theory and complex geometry to geometric group theory, and the text is accompanied by exercises that are designed to deepen the reader's understanding and to guide them in exciting directions forfuture investigation.

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This volume presents an array of topics that introduce the reader to key ideas in active areas in geometry and topology. The material is presented in a way that both graduate students and researchers should find accessible and enticing. The topics covered range from Morse theory and complex geometry theory to geometric group theory, and are accompanied by exercises that are designed to deepen the reader's understanding and to guide them in exciting directions for future investigation. The editors, M.R. Bridson and S.M. Salamon, have each written an article and are accompanied by A.J. Berrick; M.C. Crabb and A.J.B Potter; M. Eastwood and J. Sawon; M.A. Guest; N.J. Hitchin and J.Seade.

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numerous figures

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Oxford University Press

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