前辅文
Preface
Part 1. 4-Manifolds
Chapter 1. Introduction
§1.1. Manifolds
§1.2. 4-manifolds
§1.3. Examples
§1.4. Appendix
Chapter 2. Surfaces in 4-manifolds
§2.1. Surfaces in CP2
§2.2. The blow-up process
§2.3. Desingularization of curves
§2.4. Appendix: Introduction to gauge theory
Chapter 3. Complex surfaces
§3.1. E(1) and fiber sum
§3.2. Other constructions of elliptic fibrations
§3.3. Logarithmic transformation
§3.4. Classification of complex surfaces
Part 2. Kirby Calculus
Chapter 4. Handlebodies and Kirby diagrams
§4.1. Handles
§4.2. Handle decompositions
§4.3. Dimension three — Heegaard splittings
§4.4. Dimension four — Kirby diagrams
§4.5. Linking numbers and framings
§4.6. Examples
Chapter 5. Kirby calculus
§5.1. Handle moves
§5.2. Surgery
§5.3. Dehn surgery
§5.4. 1-handles revisited
§5.5. Relative Kirby calculus
§5.6. Spin structures
§5.7. Spin structures in Kirby diagrams
Chapter 6. More examples
§6.1. Plumbings and related constructions
§6.2. Embedded surfaces and their complements
§6.3. Branched covers
Part 3. Applications
Chapter 7. Branched covers and resolutions
§7.1. Definitions and examples
§7.2. Resolution of singularities
§7.3. Elliptic surfaces revisited
§7.4. Surfaces of general type
Chapter 8. Elliptic and Lefschetz fibrations
§8.1. Lefschetz pencils and fibrations
§8.2. The topology of Lefschetz fibrations
§8.3. The topology of elliptic surfaces
§8.4. Higher genus and generalized fibrations
§8.5. Rationally blowing down
Chapter 9. Cobordisms, h-cobordisms and exotic R4’s
§9.1. Cobordism groups
§9.2. h-cobordisms
§9.3. Akbulut corks and exotic R4’s
§9.4. More exotica
Chapter 10. Symplectic 4-manifolds
§10.1. Symplectic and almost-complex manifolds
§10.2. Constructions of symplectic manifolds
§10.3. 4-manifolds with no symplectic structure
§10.4. Gauge theory on symplectic 4-manifolds
Chapter 11. Stein surfaces
§11.1. Contact structures
§11.2. Kirby diagrams of Stein surfaces
§11.3. Invariants of Stein and contact structures
§11.4. Stein surfaces and gauge theory
Part 4. Appendices
Chapter 12. Solutions
§12.1. Solutions of some exercises in Part 1
§12.2. Solutions of some exercises in Part 2
§12.3. Solutions of some exercises in Part 3
Chapter 13. Notation, important figures
§13.1. List of commonly used notation
§13.2. Index of important diagrams
§13.3. Index of Kirby moves and related operations
Bibliography
Index