Lecture Notes on Embedded Contact Homology

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-02036-5_9zbMath1432.53126arXiv1303.5789OpenAlexW1722967026MaRDI QIDQ2949891

Michael Hutchings

Publication date: 5 October 2015

Published in: Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.5789

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Applications of global analysis to structures on manifolds (57R57) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to differential geometry (53-01) Symplectic aspects of Floer homology and cohomology (53D40) Floer homology (57R58) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42)

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