Tel Aviv Topology Conference: Rothenberg Festschrift
Tel Aviv Topology Conference: Rothenberg Festschrift

Author: Melvin Rothenberg

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0821813625

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This volume presents the proceedings of the Tel Aviv International Topology Conference held during the Special Topology Program at Tel Aviv University. The book is dedicated to Professor Mel Rothenberg on the occasion of his 65th birthday. His contributions to topology are well known-from the early work on triangulations to numerous papers on transformation groups and on geometric and analytic aspects of torsion theory. Current research related to those contributions are reported in this book. Coverage is included on the following topics: vanishing theorems for the Dirac operator, the theory of Reidemeister torsion (including infinite dimensional flat bundles), Nobikov-Shubin invariants of manifolds, topology of group actions, Lusternik-Schnirelman theory for closed 1-forms, finite type invariants of links and 3-manifolds, equivariant cobordisms, equivariant orientations and Thom isomorphisms, and more.

L2-Invariants: Theory and Applications to Geometry and K-Theory
L2-Invariants: Theory and Applications to Geometry and K-Theory

Author: Wolfgang Lück

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 3662046873

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In algebraic topology some classical invariants - such as Betti numbers and Reidemeister torsion - are defined for compact spaces and finite group actions. They can be generalized using von Neumann algebras and their traces, and applied also to non-compact spaces and infinite groups. These new L2-invariants contain very interesting and novel information and can be applied to problems arising in topology, K-Theory, differential geometry, non-commutative geometry and spectral theory. The book, written in an accessible manner, presents a comprehensive introduction to this area of research, as well as its most recent results and developments.

Homotopy Methods in Algebraic Topology
Homotopy Methods in Algebraic Topology

Author: Nicholas Kuhn

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2001-04-25

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0821826212

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This volume presents the proceedings from the AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference on Homotopy Methods in Algebraic Topology held at the University of Colorado (Boulder). The conference coincided with the sixtieth birthday of J. Peter May. An article is included reflecting his wide-ranging and influential contributions to the subject area. Other articles in the book discuss the ordinary, elliptic and real-oriented Adams spectral sequences, mapping class groups, configuration spaces, extended powers, operads, the telescope conjecture, $p$-compact groups, algebraic K theory, stable and unstable splittings, the calculus of functors, the $E_{\infty}$ tensor product, and equivariant cohomology theories. The book offers a compendious source on modern aspects of homotopy theoretic methods in many algebraic settings.

Introduction to Symplectic Dirac Operators
Introduction to Symplectic Dirac Operators

Author: Katharina Habermann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-10-28

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 3540334211

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This volume is the first one that gives a systematic and self-contained introduction to the theory of symplectic Dirac operators and reflects the current state of the subject. At the same time, it is intended to establish the idea that symplectic spin geometry and symplectic Dirac operators may give valuable tools in symplectic geometry and symplectic topology, which have become important fields and very active areas of mathematical research.

Asymptotic Formulae in Spectral Geometry
Asymptotic Formulae in Spectral Geometry

Author: Peter B. Gilkey

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003-12-17

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0203490460

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A great deal of progress has been made recently in the field of asymptotic formulas that arise in the theory of Dirac and Laplace type operators. Asymptotic Formulae in Spectral Geometry collects these results and computations into one book. Written by a leading pioneer in the field, it focuses on the functorial and special cases methods of computi

Low Dimensional Topology
Low Dimensional Topology

Author: Hanna Nencka

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0821808842

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"The book has two main parts. The first is devoted to the Poincare conjecture, characterizations of PL-manifolds, covering quadratic forms of links and to categories in low dimensional topology that appear in connection with conformal and quantum field theory.

Laminations and Foliations in Dynamics, Geometry and Topology
Laminations and Foliations in Dynamics, Geometry and Topology

Author: Mikhail Lyubich

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0821819852

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This volume is based on a conference held at SUNY, Stony Brook (NY). The concepts of laminations and foliations appear in a diverse number of fields, such as topology, geometry, analytic differential equations, holomorphic dynamics, and renormalization theory. Although these areas have developed deep relations, each has developed distinct research fields with little interaction among practitioners. The conference brought together the diverse points of view of researchers from different areas. This book includes surveys and research papers reflecting the broad spectrum of themes presented at the event. Of particular interest are the articles by F. Bonahon, "Geodesic Laminations on Surfaces", and D. Gabai, "Three Lectures on Foliations and Laminations on 3-manifolds", which are based on minicourses that took place during the conference.

Equivariant Ordinary Homology and Cohomology
Equivariant Ordinary Homology and Cohomology

Author: Steven R. Costenoble

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-02

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 3319504487

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Filling a gap in the literature, this book takes the reader to the frontiers of equivariant topology, the study of objects with specified symmetries. The discussion is motivated by reference to a list of instructive “toy” examples and calculations in what is a relatively unexplored field. The authors also provide a reading path for the first-time reader less interested in working through sophisticated machinery but still desiring a rigorous understanding of the main concepts. The subject’s classical counterparts, ordinary homology and cohomology, dating back to the work of Henri Poincaré in topology, are calculational and theoretical tools which are important in many parts of mathematics and theoretical physics, particularly in the study of manifolds. Similarly powerful tools have been lacking, however, in the context of equivariant topology. Aimed at advanced graduate students and researchers in algebraic topology and related fields, the book assumes knowledge of basic algebraic topology and group actions.

Singularities in Geometry and Topology
Singularities in Geometry and Topology

Author: Jean-Paul Brasselet

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 917

ISBN-13: 9812700226

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Singularity theory appears in numerous branches of mathematics, as well as in many emerging areas such as robotics, control theory, imaging, and various evolving areas in physics. The purpose of this proceedings volume is to cover recent developments in singularity theory and to introduce young researchers from developing countries to singularities in geometry and topology.The contributions discuss singularities in both complex and real geometry. As such, they provide a natural continuation of the previous school on singularities held at ICTP (1991), which is recognized as having had a major influence in the field.