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This book introduces the theory of complex surfaces through a comprehensive look at finite covers of the projective plane branched along line arrangements. Paula Tretkoff emphasizes those finite covers that are free "ients of the complex two-dimensional ball. Tretkoff also includes background on the classical Gauss hypergeometric function of one variable, and a chapter on the Appell two-variable F1 hypergeometric function.The material in this book began as a set of lecture notes, taken by Tretkoff, of a course given by Friedrich Hirzebruch at ETH Zürich in 1996. The lecture notes were then considerably expanded by Hirzebruch and Tretkoff over a number of years. In this book, Tretkoff has expanded those notes even further, still stressing examples offered by finite covers of line arrangements. The book is largely self-contained and foundational material is introduced and explained as needed, but not treated in full detail. References to omitted material are provided for interested readers.Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this is an accessible account of a highly informative area of complex geometry.

Curves, Elliptic. --- Geometry, Algebraic. --- Projective planes. --- Unit ball. --- Riemann surfaces. --- Surfaces, Riemann --- Functions --- Ball, Unit --- Holomorphic functions --- Planes, Projective --- Geometry, Projective --- Algebraic geometry --- Geometry --- Elliptic curves --- Curves, Algebraic --- Appell hypergeometric function. --- Chern numbers. --- Euler number. --- Friedrich Hirzebruch. --- Gauss hypergeometric function. --- Gaussian curvature. --- Hermitian metric. --- Kodaira dimension. --- Mbius transformation. --- Miyaoka-Yau inequality. --- Riemann surface. --- Riemannian metric. --- algebraic geometry. --- algebraic surface. --- arithmetic monodromy group. --- b-space. --- ball "ient. --- canonical divisor class. --- complete quadrilateral. --- complex 2-ball. --- complex manifold. --- complex surface. --- covering group. --- covering space. --- differential geometry. --- divisor class group. --- divisor. --- elliptic curve. --- finite covering. --- first Chern class. --- fractional linear transformation. --- free 2-ball "ient. --- fundamental group. --- geometry. --- intersection point. --- line arrangement. --- line bundle. --- linear arrangement. --- log-canonical divisor. --- minimal surface. --- monodromy group. --- orbifold structure. --- orbifold. --- partial differential equation. --- plurigenus. --- projective plane. --- proportionality deviation. --- ramification indices. --- rational curve. --- regular point. --- signature. --- solution space. --- topological invariant. --- transversely intersecting divisor. --- triangle groups. --- weight.

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This book gives a new foundation for the theory of links in 3-space modeled on the modern developmentby Jaco, Shalen, Johannson, Thurston et al. of the theory of 3-manifolds. The basic construction is a method of obtaining any link by "splicing" links of the simplest kinds, namely those whose exteriors are Seifert fibered or hyperbolic. This approach to link theory is particularly attractive since most invariants of links are additive under splicing.Specially distinguished from this viewpoint is the class of links, none of whose splice components is hyperbolic. It includes all links constructed by cabling and connected sums, in particular all links of singularities of complex plane curves. One of the main contributions of this monograph is the calculation of invariants of these classes of links, such as the Alexander polynomials, monodromy, and Seifert forms.

Algebraic geometry --- Differential geometry. Global analysis --- Link theory. --- Curves, Plane. --- SINGULARITIES (Mathematics) --- Curves, Plane --- Invariants --- Link theory --- Singularities (Mathematics) --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Low-dimensional topology --- Piecewise linear topology --- Higher plane curves --- Plane curves --- Invariants. --- 3-sphere. --- Alexander Grothendieck. --- Alexander polynomial. --- Algebraic curve. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic surface. --- Algorithm. --- Ambient space. --- Analytic function. --- Approximation. --- Big O notation. --- Call graph. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Characteristic polynomial. --- Closed-form expression. --- Cohomology. --- Computation. --- Conjecture. --- Connected sum. --- Contradiction. --- Coprime integers. --- Corollary. --- Curve. --- Cyclic group. --- Determinant. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diffeomorphism. --- Dimension. --- Disjoint union. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Euler number. --- Existential quantification. --- Exterior (topology). --- Fiber bundle. --- Fibration. --- Foliation. --- Fundamental group. --- Geometry. --- Graph (discrete mathematics). --- Ground field. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology sphere. --- Identity matrix. --- Integer matrix. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Isolated point. --- Isolated singularity. --- Jordan normal form. --- Knot theory. --- Mathematical induction. --- Monodromy matrix. --- Monodromy. --- N-sphere. --- Natural transformation. --- Newton polygon. --- Newton's method. --- Normal (geometry). --- Notation. --- Pairwise. --- Parametrization. --- Plane curve. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Projective plane. --- Puiseux series. --- Quantity. --- Rational function. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Root of unity. --- Scientific notation. --- Seifert surface. --- Set (mathematics). --- Sign (mathematics). --- Solid torus. --- Special case. --- Stereographic projection. --- Submanifold. --- Summation. --- Theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Topology. --- Torus knot. --- Torus. --- Tubular neighborhood. --- Unit circle. --- Unit vector. --- Unknot. --- Variable (mathematics).

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Fibre bundles, now an integral part of differential geometry, are also of great importance in modern physics--such as in gauge theory. This book, a succinct introduction to the subject by renown mathematician Norman Steenrod, was the first to present the subject systematically. It begins with a general introduction to bundles, including such topics as differentiable manifolds and covering spaces. The author then provides brief surveys of advanced topics, such as homotopy theory and cohomology theory, before using them to study further properties of fibre bundles. The result is a classic and timeless work of great utility that will appeal to serious mathematicians and theoretical physicists alike.

#WWIS:d.d. Prof. L. Bouckaert/ALTO --- 515.1 --- 515.1 Topology --- Topology --- Topology. --- Analysis situs --- Position analysis --- Rubber-sheet geometry --- Geometry --- Polyhedra --- Set theory --- Algebras, Linear --- Algebraic topology. --- Associated bundle. --- Associative algebra. --- Associative property. --- Atlas (topology). --- Automorphism. --- Axiomatic system. --- Barycentric subdivision. --- Bilinear map. --- Bundle map. --- Classification theorem. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology ring. --- Cohomology. --- Conjugacy class. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected space. --- Coordinate system. --- Coset. --- Cup product. --- Cyclic group. --- Determinant. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential structure. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Direct product. --- Division algebra. --- Equivalence class. --- Equivalence relation. --- Euler number. --- Existence theorem. --- Existential quantification. --- Factorization. --- Fiber bundle. --- Frenet–Serret formulas. --- Gram–Schmidt process. --- Group theory. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy group. --- Homotopy. --- Hopf theorem. --- Hurewicz theorem. --- Identity element. --- Inclusion map. --- Inner automorphism. --- Invariant subspace. --- Invertible matrix. --- Jacobian matrix and determinant. --- Klein bottle. --- Lattice of subgroups. --- Lie group. --- Line element. --- Line segment. --- Linear map. --- Linear space (geometry). --- Linear subspace. --- Manifold. --- Mapping cylinder. --- Metric tensor. --- N-sphere. --- Natural topology. --- Octonion. --- Open set. --- Orientability. --- Orthogonal group. --- Orthogonalization. --- Permutation. --- Principal bundle. --- Product topology. --- Quadratic form. --- Quaternion. --- Retract. --- Separable space. --- Set theory. --- Simplicial complex. --- Special case. --- Stiefel manifold. --- Subalgebra. --- Subbase. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Symmetric tensor. --- Tangent bundle. --- Tangent space. --- Tangent vector. --- Tensor field. --- Tensor. --- Theorem. --- Tietze extension theorem. --- Topological group. --- Topological space. --- Transitive relation. --- Transpose. --- Union (set theory). --- Unit sphere. --- Universal bundle. --- Vector field.

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This Special Issue presents research papers on various topics within many different branches of mathematics, applied mathematics, and mathematical physics. Each paper presents mathematical theories, methods, and their application based on current and recently developed symmetric polynomials. Also, each one aims to provide the full understanding of current research problems, theories, and applications on the chosen topics and includes the most recent advances made in the area of symmetric functions and polynomials.

generalized Laguerre --- central complete Bell numbers --- rational polynomials --- Changhee polynomials of type two --- Euler polynomials --- generalized Laguerre polynomials --- Hermite --- conjecture --- Legendre --- the degenerate gamma function --- trivariate Lucas polynomials --- perfectly matched layer --- third-order character --- Euler numbers --- two variable q-Berstein operator --- entropy production --- hypergeometric function --- q-Bernoulli numbers --- q-Bernoulli polynomials --- symmetry group --- Bernoulli polynomials --- Fibonacci polynomials --- central incomplete Bell polynomials --- Chebyshev polynomials --- convolution sums --- Lucas polynomials --- Jacobi --- the modified degenerate Laplace transform --- q-Volkenborn integral on ?p --- and fourth kinds --- two variable q-Berstein polynomial --- the modified degenerate gamma function --- two variable q-Bernstein operators --- reduction method --- identity --- elementary and combinatorial methods --- generalized Bernoulli polynomials and numbers attached to a Dirichlet character ? --- explicit relations --- recursive sequence --- Fubini polynomials --- p-adic integral on ?p --- generating functions --- q-Euler number --- acoustic wave equation --- congruence --- trivariate Fibonacci polynomials --- stochastic thermodynamics --- fermionic p-adic integrals --- Laguerre polynomials --- fluctuation theorem --- Bernoulli numbers and polynomials --- w-torsion Fubini polynomials --- non-equilibrium free energy --- hypergeometric functions 1F1 and 2F1 --- recursive formula --- Chebyshev polynomials of the first --- second --- central complete Bell polynomials --- Apostol-type Frobenius–Euler polynomials --- sums of finite products --- q-Euler polynomial --- symmetric identities --- stability --- fermionic p-adic q-integral on ?p --- Gegenbauer polynomials --- continued fraction --- thermodynamics of information --- well-posedness --- fermionic p-adic integral on ?p --- catalan numbers --- classical Gauss sums --- three-variable Hermite polynomials --- q-Changhee polynomials --- Catalan numbers --- two variable q-Bernstein polynomials --- q-Euler polynomials --- analytic method --- representation --- mutual information --- Fibonacci --- Legendre polynomials --- Gegenbauer --- generalized Bernoulli polynomials and numbers of arbitrary complex order --- Lucas --- elementary method --- new sequence --- third --- the degenerate Laplace transform --- computational formula --- operational connection --- sums of finite products of Chebyshev polynomials of the third and fourth kinds --- Changhee polynomials --- linear form in logarithms