Lectures on geometry / edited by N.M.J. Woodhouse, President, Clay Mathematics Institute.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodhouse, N. M. J. (Nicholas Michael John), 1949- editor.

Witten, E., contributor.

Lackenby, Marc, contributor.

Bridson, Martin R., 1964- contributor.

Hofer, Helmut, 1956- contributor.

Pandharipande, Rahul, contributor.

Series:

Clay lecture notes series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geometry.

Physical Description:

vii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book contains a series of chapters by leading mathematicians on active are as of current research in geometry. Although not explicitly linked, the topics have a common flavor and appeal to anyone interested in recent developments in geometry. Taking the form of five chapters derived from lectures given at Clay Mathematics Institute events by leaders in the field, this book is intended to be accessible to all who work in this general area, regardless of their own particular research interests. Book jacket.

Contents:

Two lectures on the Jones polynomial and Khovanov homology / Edward Witten

Elementary knot theory / Marc Lackenby

Cube complexes, subgroups of mapping class groups and nilpotent genus / Martin R. Bridson

Polyfolds and Fredholm theory / Helmut Hofer

Maps, sheaves, and K3 surfaces / Rahul Pandharipande.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198784913

0198784910

OCLC:

974501966

Publisher Number:

99974957177