Introduction |
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1 From classical to modern |
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1.1 Hamiltonian mechanics |
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1.2 The symplectic topology of Euclidean space |
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28 | (9) |
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2 Linear symplectic geometry |
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2.1 Symplectic vector spaces |
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38 | (5) |
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2.2 The symplectic linear group |
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43 | (7) |
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50 | (5) |
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2.4 The affine nonsqueezing theorem |
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55 | (6) |
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2.5 Linear complex structures |
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61 | (18) |
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2.6 Symplectic vector bundles |
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79 | (6) |
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85 | (9) |
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94 | (58) |
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3.2 Moser isotopy and Darboux's theorem |
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108 | (4) |
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3.3 Isotopy extension theorems |
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112 | (4) |
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3.4 Submanifolds of symplectic manifolds |
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116 | (9) |
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125 | (27) |
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4 Almost complex structures |
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152 | (39) |
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4.1 Almost complex structures |
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153 | (8) |
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161 | (6) |
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167 | (5) |
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172 | (8) |
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180 | (11) |
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5 Symplectic group actions |
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191 | (61) |
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192 | (10) |
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202 | (5) |
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207 | (11) |
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218 | (11) |
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229 | (11) |
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240 | (6) |
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246 | (6) |
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252 | (37) |
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6.1 Symplectic fibrations |
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252 | (5) |
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6.2 Symplectic 2-sphere bundles |
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257 | (5) |
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6.3 Symplectic connections |
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262 | (9) |
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6.4 Hamiltonian holonomy and the coupling form |
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271 | (11) |
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6.5 Hamiltonian fibrations |
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282 | (7) |
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7 Constructing Symplectic Manifolds |
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289 | (52) |
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289 | (27) |
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316 | (6) |
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7.3 The telescope construction |
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322 | (6) |
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7.4 Donaldson submanifolds |
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328 | (13) |
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8 Area-preserving diffeomorphisms |
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341 | (15) |
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341 | (3) |
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8.2 The Poincare--Birkhoff theorem |
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344 | (6) |
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350 | (6) |
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356 | (29) |
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9.1 Generating functions and symplectic action |
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356 | (7) |
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9.2 Discrete Hamiltonian mechanics |
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363 | (6) |
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9.3 Hamiltonian symplectomorphisms |
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369 | (9) |
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9.4 Lagrangian submanifolds |
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378 | (7) |
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10 The group of symplectomorphisms |
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385 | (32) |
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385 | (5) |
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10.2 The flux homomorphism |
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390 | (16) |
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10.3 The Calabi homomorphism |
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406 | (5) |
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10.4 The topology of symplectomorphism groups |
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411 | (6) |
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417 | (40) |
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11.1 Symplectic fixed points |
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418 | (7) |
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11.2 Morse theory and the Conley index |
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425 | (10) |
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11.3 Lagrangian intersections |
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435 | (11) |
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446 | (11) |
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457 | (46) |
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12.1 Nonsqueezing and capacities |
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457 | (5) |
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462 | (3) |
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465 | (16) |
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12.4 The Hofer--Zehnder capacity |
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481 | (8) |
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12.5 A variational argument |
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489 | (14) |
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13 Questions of existence and uniqueness |
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503 | (46) |
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13.1 Existence and uniqueness of symplectic structures |
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503 | (4) |
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507 | (9) |
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13.3 Taubes--Seiberg--Witten theory |
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516 | (17) |
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13.4 Symplectic four-manifolds |
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533 | (16) |
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549 | (25) |
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14.1 Symplectic structures |
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549 | (4) |
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553 | (5) |
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14.3 Lagrangian submanifolds and cotangent bundles |
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558 | (4) |
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562 | (1) |
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14.5 Donaldson hypersurfaces |
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563 | (2) |
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565 | (2) |
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14.7 Continuous symplectic topology |
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567 | (2) |
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14.8 Symplectic embeddings |
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569 | (2) |
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14.9 Symplectic topology of Euclidean space |
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571 | (3) |
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574 | (9) |
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A.1 Smooth functions on manifolds with corners |
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574 | (4) |
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578 | (2) |
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A.3 Construction of a smooth function |
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580 | (3) |
References |
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Index |
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