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"The study of the mapping class group Mod(S) is a classical topic that is experiencing a renaissance. It lies at the juncture of geometry, topology, and group theory. This book explains as many important theorems, examples, and techniques as possible, quickly and directly, while at the same time giving full details and keeping the text nearly self-contained. The book is suitable for graduate students.The book begins by explaining the main group-theoretical properties of Mod(S), from finite generation by Dehn twists and low-dimensional homology to the Dehn-Nielsen-Baer theorem. Along the way, central objects and tools are introduced, such as the Birman exact sequence, the complex of curves, the braid group, the symplectic representation, and the Torelli group. The book then introduces Teichm©oller space and its geometry, and uses the action of Mod(S) on it to prove the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms. Topics include the topology of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces, the connection with surface bundles, pseudo-Anosov theory, and Thurston's approach to the classification"--Provided by publisher.

Mappings (Mathematics) --- Class groups (Mathematics) --- Groups, Class (Mathematics) --- Algebraic number theory --- Commutative rings --- Ideals (Algebra) --- Maps (Mathematics) --- Functions --- Functions, Continuous --- Topology --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- 3-manifold theory. --- Alexander method. --- Birman exact sequence. --- BirmanЈilden theorem. --- Dehn twists. --- DehnЌickorish theorem. --- DehnЎielsenЂaer theorem. --- Dennis Johnson. --- Euler class. --- FenchelЎielsen coordinates. --- Gervais presentation. --- Grtzsch's problem. --- Johnson homomorphism. --- Markov partitions. --- Meyer signature cocycle. --- Mod(S). --- Nielsen realization theorem. --- NielsenДhurston classification theorem. --- NielsenДhurston classification. --- Riemann surface. --- Teichmller mapping. --- Teichmller metric. --- Teichmller space. --- Thurston compactification. --- Torelli group. --- Wajnryb presentation. --- algebraic integers. --- algebraic intersection number. --- algebraic relations. --- algebraic structure. --- annulus. --- aspherical manifold. --- bigon criterion. --- braid group. --- branched cover. --- capping homomorphism. --- classifying space. --- closed surface. --- collar lemma. --- compactness criterion. --- complex of curves. --- configuration space. --- conjugacy class. --- coordinates principle. --- cutting homomorphism. --- cyclic subgroup. --- diffeomorphism. --- disk. --- existence theorem. --- extended mapping class group. --- finite index. --- finite subgroup. --- finite-order homeomorphism. --- finite-order mapping class. --- first homology group. --- geodesic laminations. --- geometric classification. --- geometric group theory. --- geometric intersection number. --- geometric operation. --- geometry. --- harmonic maps. --- holomorphic quadratic differential. --- homeomorphism. --- homological criterion. --- homotopy. --- hyperbolic geometry. --- hyperbolic plane. --- hyperbolic structure. --- hyperbolic surface. --- inclusion homomorphism. --- infinity. --- intersection number. --- isotopy. --- lantern relation. --- low-dimensional homology. --- mapping class group. --- mapping torus. --- measured foliation space. --- measured foliations. --- metric geometry. --- moduli space. --- orbifold. --- orbit. --- outer automorphism group. --- pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism. --- punctured disk. --- quasi-isometry. --- quasiconformal map. --- second homology group. --- simple closed curve. --- simplicial complex. --- stretch factors. --- surface bundles. --- surface homeomorphism. --- surface. --- symplectic representation. --- topology. --- torsion. --- torus. --- train track.

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This book provides an accessible and self-contained introduction to the theory of algebraic curves over a finite field, a subject that has been of fundamental importance to mathematics for many years and that has essential applications in areas such as finite geometry, number theory, error-correcting codes, and cryptology. Unlike other books, this one emphasizes the algebraic geometry rather than the function field approach to algebraic curves. The authors begin by developing the general theory of curves over any field, highlighting peculiarities occurring for positive characteristic and requiring of the reader only basic knowledge of algebra and geometry. The special properties that a curve over a finite field can have are then discussed. The geometrical theory of linear series is used to find estimates for the number of rational points on a curve, following the theory of Stöhr and Voloch. The approach of Hasse and Weil via zeta functions is explained, and then attention turns to more advanced results: a state-of-the-art introduction to maximal curves over finite fields is provided; a comprehensive account is given of the automorphism group of a curve; and some applications to coding theory and finite geometry are described. The book includes many examples and exercises. It is an indispensable resource for researchers and the ideal textbook for graduate students.

Curves, Algebraic. --- Finite fields (Algebra) --- Modular fields (Algebra) --- Algebra, Abstract --- Algebraic fields --- Galois theory --- Modules (Algebra) --- Algebraic curves --- Algebraic varieties --- Abelian group. --- Abelian variety. --- Affine plane. --- Affine space. --- Affine variety. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic curve. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic extension. --- Algebraic function. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic integer. --- Algebraic number field. --- Algebraic number theory. --- Algebraic number. --- Algebraic variety. --- Algebraically closed field. --- Applied mathematics. --- Automorphism. --- Birational invariant. --- Characteristic exponent. --- Classification theorem. --- Clifford's theorem. --- Combinatorics. --- Complex number. --- Computation. --- Cyclic group. --- Cyclotomic polynomial. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Degenerate conic. --- Divisor (algebraic geometry). --- Divisor. --- Dual curve. --- Dual space. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equation. --- Fermat curve. --- Finite field. --- Finite geometry. --- Finite group. --- Formal power series. --- Function (mathematics). --- Function field. --- Fundamental theorem. --- Galois extension. --- Galois theory. --- Gauss map. --- General position. --- Generic point. --- Geometry. --- Homogeneous polynomial. --- Hurwitz's theorem. --- Hyperelliptic curve. --- Hyperplane. --- Identity matrix. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Intersection number (graph theory). --- Intersection number. --- J-invariant. --- Line at infinity. --- Linear algebra. --- Linear map. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematics. --- Menelaus' theorem. --- Modular curve. --- Natural number. --- Number theory. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Permutation group. --- Plane curve. --- Point at infinity. --- Polar curve. --- Polygon. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Prime number. --- Projective plane. --- Projective space. --- Quadratic transformation. --- Quadric. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann hypothesis. --- Scalar multiplication. --- Scientific notation. --- Separable extension. --- Separable polynomial. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Singular point of a curve. --- Special case. --- Subgroup. --- Sylow theorems. --- System of linear equations. --- Tangent. --- Theorem. --- Transcendence degree. --- Upper and lower bounds. --- Valuation ring. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector space.

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Intended for researchers in Riemann surfaces, this volume summarizes a significant portion of the work done in the field during the years 1966 to 1971.

Riemann surfaces --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Calculus --- Surfaces, Riemann --- Functions --- Congresses --- Differential geometry. Global analysis --- RIEMANN SURFACES --- congresses --- Congresses. --- MATHEMATICS / Calculus. --- Affine space. --- Algebraic function field. --- Algebraic structure. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Analytic set. --- Automorphic form. --- Automorphic function. --- Automorphism. --- Beltrami equation. --- Bernhard Riemann. --- Boundary (topology). --- Canonical basis. --- Cartesian product. --- Clifford's theorem. --- Cohomology. --- Commutative diagram. --- Commutative property. --- Complex multiplication. --- Conformal geometry. --- Conformal map. --- Coset. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential geometry of surfaces. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dirichlet boundary condition. --- Eigenfunction. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Eisenstein series. --- Euclidean space. --- Existential quantification. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Exterior (topology). --- Finsler manifold. --- Fourier series. --- Fuchsian group. --- Function (mathematics). --- Generating set of a group. --- Group (mathematics). --- Hilbert space. --- Holomorphic function. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homotopy. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Hyperbolic group. --- Identity matrix. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Inner automorphism. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Intersection number (graph theory). --- Isometry. --- Isomorphism class. --- Isomorphism theorem. --- Kleinian group. --- Limit point. --- Limit set. --- Linear map. --- Lorentz group. --- Mapping class group. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematics. --- Matrix (mathematics). --- Matrix multiplication. --- Measure (mathematics). --- Meromorphic function. --- Metric space. --- Modular group. --- Möbius transformation. --- Number theory. --- Osgood curve. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Partial isometry. --- Poisson summation formula. --- Pole (complex analysis). --- Projective space. --- Quadratic differential. --- Quadratic form. --- Quasiconformal mapping. --- Quotient space (linear algebra). --- Quotient space (topology). --- Riemann mapping theorem. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Riemann zeta function. --- Scalar multiplication. --- Scientific notation. --- Selberg trace formula. --- Series expansion. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Square-integrable function. --- Subgroup. --- Teichmüller space. --- Theorem. --- Topological manifold. --- Topological space. --- Uniformization. --- Unit disk. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Riemann, Surfaces de --- RIEMANN SURFACES - congresses --- Fonctions d'une variable complexe --- Surfaces de riemann

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The description for this book, Topics in Transcendental Algebraic Geometry. (AM-106), Volume 106, will be forthcoming.

Geometry, Algebraic. --- Hodge theory. --- Torelli theorem. --- Géométrie algébrique --- Théorie de Hodge --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Hodge theory --- Torelli theorem --- 512.7 --- Torelli's theorem --- Curves, Algebraic --- Jacobians --- Complex manifolds --- Differentiable manifolds --- Homology theory --- Algebraic geometry --- Geometry --- Algebraic geometry. Commutative rings and algebras --- 512.7 Algebraic geometry. Commutative rings and algebras --- Géométrie algébrique --- Théorie de Hodge --- Abelian integral. --- Algebraic curve. --- Algebraic cycle. --- Algebraic equation. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic integer. --- Algebraic structure. --- Algebraic surface. --- Arithmetic genus. --- Arithmetic group. --- Asymptotic analysis. --- Automorphism. --- Base change. --- Bilinear form. --- Bilinear map. --- Cohomology. --- Combinatorics. --- Commutative diagram. --- Compactification (mathematics). --- Complete intersection. --- Complex manifold. --- Complex number. --- Computation. --- Deformation theory. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Differentiable manifold. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Divisor (algebraic geometry). --- Divisor. --- Elliptic curve. --- Elliptic surface. --- Equation. --- Exact sequence. --- Fiber bundle. --- Function (mathematics). --- Fundamental class. --- Geometric genus. --- Geometry. --- Hermitian symmetric space. --- Hodge structure. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homomorphism. --- Homotopy. --- Hypersurface. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Intersection number. --- Irreducibility (mathematics). --- Isomorphism class. --- Jacobian variety. --- K3 surface. --- Kodaira dimension. --- Kronecker's theorem. --- Kummer surface. --- Kähler manifold. --- Lie algebra bundle. --- Lie algebra. --- Linear algebra. --- Linear algebraic group. --- Line–line intersection. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematical proof. --- Mathematics. --- Modular arithmetic. --- Module (mathematics). --- Moduli space. --- Monodromy matrix. --- Monodromy theorem. --- Monodromy. --- Nilpotent orbit. --- Normal function. --- Open set. --- Period mapping. --- Permutation group. --- Phillip Griffiths. --- Point at infinity. --- Pole (complex analysis). --- Polynomial. --- Projective space. --- Pullback (category theory). --- Quadric. --- Regular singular point. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann–Roch theorem for surfaces. --- Scientific notation. --- Set (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Spectral sequence. --- Subgroup. --- Submanifold. --- Surface of general type. --- Surjective function. --- Tangent bundle. --- Theorem. --- Topology. --- Transcendental number. --- Vector space. --- Zariski topology. --- Zariski's main theorem.

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Resolution of singularities is a powerful and frequently used tool in algebraic geometry. In this book, János Kollár provides a comprehensive treatment of the characteristic 0 case. He describes more than a dozen proofs for curves, many based on the original papers of Newton, Riemann, and Noether. Kollár goes back to the original sources and presents them in a modern context. He addresses three methods for surfaces, and gives a self-contained and entirely elementary proof of a strong and functorial resolution in all dimensions. Based on a series of lectures at Princeton University and written in an informal yet lucid style, this book is aimed at readers who are interested in both the historical roots of the modern methods and in a simple and transparent proof of this important theorem.

Singularities (Mathematics) --- 512.761 --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Singularities. Singular points of algebraic varieties --- 512.761 Singularities. Singular points of algebraic varieties --- Adjunction formula. --- Algebraic closure. --- Algebraic geometry. --- Algebraic space. --- Algebraic surface. --- Algebraic variety. --- Approximation. --- Asymptotic analysis. --- Automorphism. --- Bernhard Riemann. --- Big O notation. --- Birational geometry. --- C0. --- Canonical singularity. --- Codimension. --- Cohomology. --- Commutative algebra. --- Complex analysis. --- Complex manifold. --- Computability. --- Continuous function. --- Coordinate system. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential geometry of surfaces. --- Dimension. --- Divisor. --- Du Val singularity. --- Dual graph. --- Embedding. --- Equation. --- Equivalence relation. --- Euclidean algorithm. --- Factorization. --- Functor. --- General position. --- Generic point. --- Geometric genus. --- Geometry. --- Hyperplane. --- Hypersurface. --- Integral domain. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Intersection number (graph theory). --- Intersection theory. --- Irreducible component. --- Isolated singularity. --- Laurent series. --- Line bundle. --- Linear space (geometry). --- Linear subspace. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematics. --- Maximal ideal. --- Morphism. --- Newton polygon. --- Noetherian ring. --- Noetherian. --- Open problem. --- Open set. --- P-adic number. --- Pairwise. --- Parametric equation. --- Partial derivative. --- Plane curve. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Principal ideal. --- Principalization (algebra). --- Projective space. --- Projective variety. --- Proper morphism. --- Puiseux series. --- Quasi-projective variety. --- Rational function. --- Regular local ring. --- Resolution of singularities. --- Riemann surface. --- Ring theory. --- Ruler. --- Scientific notation. --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Singularity theory. --- Smooth morphism. --- Smoothness. --- Special case. --- Subring. --- Summation. --- Surjective function. --- Tangent cone. --- Tangent space. --- Tangent. --- Taylor series. --- Theorem. --- Topology. --- Toric variety. --- Transversal (geometry). --- Variable (mathematics). --- Weierstrass preparation theorem. --- Weierstrass theorem. --- Zero set. --- Differential geometry. Global analysis