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The Structure of Classical Diffeomorphism Groups [Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997]
1441947744, 978-1-4419-4774-1, 978-1-4757-6800-8

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Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Diffeomorphism Groups: A First Glance....Pages 1-22
The Simplicity of Diffeomorphism Groups....Pages 23-54
The Geometry of the Flux....Pages 55-92
Symplectic Diffeomorphisms....Pages 93-123
Volume-Preserving Diffeomorphism Groups....Pages 124-137
Contact Diffeomorphisms....Pages 138-154
Isomorphisms between Diffeomorphism Groups....Pages 155-183
Back Matter....Pages 184-201

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