{"product_id":"9780387983615","title":"Universitext","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUniversitext\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFriedman, Robert\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is based on courses given at Columbia University on vector bun­ dles (1988) and on the theory of algebraic surfaces (1992), as well as lectures in the Park City lIAS Mathematics Institute on 4-manifolds and Donald­ son invariants. The goal of these lectures was to acquaint researchers in 4-manifold topology with the classification of algebraic surfaces and with methods for describing moduli spaces of holomorphic bundles on algebraic surfaces with a view toward computing Donaldson invariants. Since that time, the focus of 4-manifold topology has shifted dramatically, at first be­ cause topological methods have largely superseded algebro-geometric meth­ ods in computing Donaldson invariants, and more importantly because of and Witten, which have greatly sim­ the new invariants defined by Seiberg plified the theory and led to proofs of the basic conjectures concerning the 4-manifold topology of algebraic surfaces. However, the study of algebraic surfaces and the moduli spaces ofbundles on them remains a fundamen­ tal problem in algebraic geometry, and I hope that this book will make this subject more accessible. Moreover, the recent applications of Seiberg­ Witten theory to symplectic 4-manifolds suggest that there is room for yet another treatment of the classification of algebraic surfaces. In particular, despite the number of excellent books concerning algebraic surfaces, I hope that the half of this book devoted to them will serve as an introduction to the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-01-23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387983615\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4612-1688-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 329\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540664635532,"sku":"9780387983615","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387983615.jpg?v=1775712772","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780387983615","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}