The symplectic sum of two Lefschetz fibrations. (Image courtesy of Prof. Denis Auroux.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Denis Auroux
MIT Course Number
18.966
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This is a second-semester graduate course on the geometry of manifolds. The main emphasis is on the geometry of symplectic manifolds, but the material also includes long digressions into complex geometry and the geometry of 4-manifolds, with special emphasis on topological considerations.