An Introduction to Compactness Results in Symplectic Field Theory

• Main Author: Abbas, Casim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Differential geometry.; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Differential Geometry.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).

This book provides an introduction to symplectic field theory, a new and important subject which is currently being developed. The starting point of this theory are compactness results for holomorphic curves established in the last decade. The author presents a systematic introduction providing a lo...