The Structure of Classical Diffeomorphism Groups /

The book introduces and explains most of the main techniques and ideas in the study of the structure of diffeomorphism groups. A quite complete proof of Thurston's theorem on the simplicity of some diffeomorphism groups is given. The method of the proof is generalized to symplectic and volume-p...

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Main Author:	Banyaga, Augustin
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US, 1997.
Series:	Mathematics and its applications ; 400.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Global analysis. Global differential geometry. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book