Lectures on Lagrangian Torus Fibrations: 105 (London Mathematical Society Student Texts, Series Number 105)

Product description Review 'Lagrangian torus fibrations are an interesting source of examples in symplectic geometry, since their symplectic features are encoded by the geometry of certain half-dimensional base diagrams. Enriched by many pictures and exercises with solutions, this book provides an accessible and well-written introduction to this topic, which is of interest to a broad audience through its connections with integrable systems and algebraic geometry. This work will be appreciated by students and experts alike, since it fills a crucial gap in the literature by giving an excellent discussion of almost toric fibrations, which have attracted a lot of attention in recent years.' Felix Schlenk, Université de Neuchatel'This is a lucid and engaging introduction to the fascinating world of (almost) toric geometry, in which one can understand the properties of Lagrangian and symplectic submanifolds in four dimensions simply by drawing suitable two-dimensional diagrams. The book has many illustrations and intricate examples.' Dusa McDuff, Barnard College, Columbia University Book Description Comprehensive and visual introduction to the geometry of 4-dimensional symplectic manifolds via 2-dimensional almost-toric diagrams. About the Author Jonny Evans is Reader in Pure Mathematics at Lancaster University. He is a geometer, and in 2021 he was awarded an LMS Whitehead Prize for his work on symplectic geometry and singularities. Read more