Surgery on Contact 3-Manifolds and Stein Surfaces by Burak Ozbagci, András Stipsicz.

Surgery is the most effective way of constructing manifolds. This is especially true in dimensions 3 and 4, where Kirby calculus provides a method for manipulating surgery diagrams. The groundbreaking results of Donaldson (on Lefschetz fibrations) and Giroux (on open book decompositions) now allow o...

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Main Authors: Ozbagci, Burak (Author), Stipsicz, András (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies, 13
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