Lectures on Lagrangian Torus Fibrations - Jonny Evans

Lectures on Lagrangian Torus Fibrations

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Buch | Softcover
243 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-37263-3 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
This book explains how to use simple 2-dimensional pictures to understand the geometry and topology of 4-dimensional spaces. These spaces are of relevance in Hamiltonian dynamics, in algebraic geometry, and in mathematical string theory. It is suitable for graduate students and researchers in geometry and topology.
Symington's almost toric fibrations have played a central role in symplectic geometry over the past decade, from Vianna's discovery of exotic Lagrangian tori to recent work on Fibonacci staircases. Four-dimensional spaces are of relevance in Hamiltonian dynamics, algebraic geometry, and mathematical string theory, and these fibrations encode the geometry of a symplectic 4-manifold in a simple 2-dimensional diagram. This text is a guide to interpreting these diagrams, aimed at graduate students and researchers in geometry and topology. First the theory is developed, and then studied in many examples, including fillings of lens spaces, resolutions of cusp singularities, non-toric blow-ups, and Vianna tori. In addition to the many examples, students will appreciate the exercises with full solutions throughout the text. The appendices explore select topics in more depth, including tropical Lagrangians and Markov triples, with a final appendix listing open problems. Prerequisites include familiarity with algebraic topology and differential geometry.

Jonny Evans is Reader in Pure Mathematics at Lancaster University. He is a geometer, and in 2021 he was awarded an LMS Whitehead Prize for his work on symplectic geometry and singularities.

1. The Arnold–Liouville theorem; 2. Lagrangian fibrations; 3. Global action-angle coordinates and torus actions; 4. Symplectic reduction; 5. Visible Lagrangian submanifolds; 6. Focus-focus singularities; 7. Examples of focus-focus systems; 8. Almost toric manifolds; 9. Surgery; 10. Elliptic and cusp singularities; A. Symplectic linear algebra; B. Lie derivatives; C. Complex projective spaces; D. Cotangent bundles; E. Moser's argument; F. Toric varieties revisited; G. Visible contact hypersurfaces and Reeb flows; H. Tropical Lagrangian submanifolds; I. Markov triples; J. Open problems; References; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie London Mathematical Society Student Texts
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 395 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Analysis
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geometrie / Topologie
ISBN-10 1-009-37263-7 / 1009372637
ISBN-13 978-1-009-37263-3 / 9781009372633
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