Recent advances in symplectic flexibility

DOI10.1090/S0273-0979-2014-01470-3zbMath1310.53001OpenAlexW2060517903MaRDI QIDQ5175012

Ya. M. Ehliashberg

Publication date: 19 February 2015

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0273-0979-2014-01470-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Lagrangian submanifolds; Maslov index (53D12) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02)

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