{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-contact-topology-9780521865852","title":"An Introduction to Contact Topology","description":"This text on contact topology is the first comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eliashberg's proof of Cerf's theorem via the classification of tight contact structures on the 3-sphere, and the Kronheimer-Mrowka proof of property P for knots via symplectic fillings of contact 3-manifolds. Starting with the basic differential topology of contact manifolds, all aspects of 3-dimensional contact manifolds are treated in this book. One notable feature is a detailed exposition of Eliashberg's classification of overtwisted contact structures. Later chapters also deal with higher-dimensional contact topology where the focus mainly on contact surgery, but other constructions of contact manifolds are described, such as open books or fibre connected sums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeiges, Hansjörg:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hansjörg Geiges is Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematisches Institut at Universität zu Köln.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325152497938,"sku":"9780521865852","price":118.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a602348-5a66-4065-ae72-2b9af96c410f.jpg?v=1727682084","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-contact-topology-9780521865852","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}