Holomorphic Foliations with Singularities: Key Concepts and Modern Results (Latin American Mathematics Series) - Softcover

Scárdua, Bruno

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030767078 ISBN 13: 9783030767075

Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

This concise textbook gathers together key concepts and modern results on the theory of holomorphic foliations with singularities, offering a compelling vision on how the notion of foliation, usually linked to real functions and manifolds, can have an important role in the holomorphic world, as shown by modern results from mathematicians as H. Cartan, K. Oka, T. Nishino, and M. Suzuki.

The text starts with a gentle presentation of the classical notion of foliations, advancing to holomorphic foliations and then holomorphic foliations with singularities. The theory behind reduction of singularities is described in detail, as well the cases for dynamics of a local diffeomorphism and foliations on complex projective spaces. A final chapter brings recent questions in the field, as holomorphic flows on Stein spaces and transversely homogeneous holomorphic foliations, along with a list of open questions for further study and research. Selected exercises at the end of each chapter help the reader to grasp the theory.

Graduate students in Mathematics with a special interest in the theory of foliations will especially benefit from this book, which can be used as supplementary reading in Singularity Theory courses, and as a resource for independent study on this vibrant field of research.

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About the Author

​Bruno Scárdua is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He holds a Master's degree (1992) and a PhD (1994) from the National Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Brazil, with postgraduate studies at the University of Valladolid, Spain, and Université de Rennes I, France. His research interests lie on foliations theory and topology of manifolds.

The text starts with a gentle presentation of the classical notion of foliations, advancing to holomorphic foliations and then holomorphic foliations with singularities. The theory behind reduction of singularities is described in detail, as well the cases for dynamics of a local diffeomorphism and foliations on complex projective spaces. A final chapter brings recent questions in the field, as holomorphic flows on Stein spaces and transversely homogeneous holomorphic foliations, along with a list of open questions for further study and research. Selected exercises at the end of each chapter help the reader to grasp the theory.

Graduate students in Mathematics with a special interest in the theory of foliations will especially benefit from this book, which can be used as supplementary reading in Singularity Theory courses, and as a resource for independent study on this vibrant field of research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030767078
• ISBN 13: 9783030767075
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178