Geometric Theory of Foliations

by Cesar Camacho, Cšar Camacho, Alcides Lins Neto, et al.

Book Overview

Intuitively, a foliation corresponds to a decomposition of a manifold into a union of connected, disjoint submanifolds of the same dimension, called leaves, which pile up locally like pages of a book. The theory of foliations, as it is known, began with the work of C. Ehresmann and G. Reeb, in the 1940's; however, as Reeb has himself observed, already in the last century P. Painleve saw the necessity of creating a geometric theory (of foliations)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146847149X
• ISBN13: 9781468471496
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"