An Introduction to Contact Topology
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DOI10.1017/CBO9780511611438zbMath1153.53002MaRDI QIDQ5386118
Publication date: 18 April 2008
Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02)
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