Differential Topology, Foliations, and Group Actions

Differential Topology, Foliations, and Group Actions
ISBN-10
0821851705
ISBN-13
9780821851708
Category
Mathematics
Pages
287
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
American Mathematical Soc.
Authors
Steven Hurder, Workshop on Topology

Description

This volume contains the proceedings of the Workshop on Topology held at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica in Rio de Janeiro in January 1992. Bringing together about one hundred mathematicians from Brazil and around the world, the workshop covered a variety of topics in differential and algebraic topology, including group actions, foliations, low-dimensional topology, and connections to differential geometry. The main concentration was on foliation theory, but there was a lively exchange on other current topics in topology. The volume contains an excellent list of open problems in foliation research, prepared with the participation of some of the top world experts in this area. Also presented here are two surveys on group actions---finite group actions and rigidity theory for Anosov actions---as well as an elementary survey of Thurston's geometric topology in dimensions 2 and 3 that would be accessible to advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

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