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An Introduction to Contact Topology (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics) by Hansjörg Geiges Hardcover, 458 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-521-86585-9 / 0521865859 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-86585-2 / 9780521865852 This text on contact topology is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eliashberg's proof of Cerf's theorem via the classification of tight contact structures on the 3-sphere, and the Kronheimer-Mrowka proof of pro |