{"product_id":"thurstons-work-on-surfaces-mn-48-albert-fathi-9780691147352","title":"Thurston's Work on Surfaces (Mn-48)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a detailed exposition of William Thurston's work on surface homeomorphisms, available here for the first time in English. Based on material of Thurston presented at a seminar in Orsay from 1976 to 1977, it covers topics such as the space of measured foliations on a surface, the Thurston compactification of Teichm ller space, the Nielsen-Thurston classification of surface homeomorphisms, and dynamical properties of pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms. Thurston never published the complete proofs, so this text is the only resource for many aspects of the theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThurston was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal in 1982 as well as many other prizes and honors, and is widely regarded to be one of the major mathematical figures of our time. Today, his important and influential work on surface homeomorphisms is enjoying continued interest in areas ranging from the Poincar  conjecture to topological dynamics and low-dimensional topology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConveying the extraordinary richness of Thurston's mathematical insight, this elegant and faithful translation from the original French will be an invaluable resource for the next generation of researchers and students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Fathi, François Laudenbach, Valentin Poénaru\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691147353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691147352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Albert Fathi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120043127039,"sku":"9780691147352","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67aee48a-83f7-4a01-a221-8ce2630686dc.jpg?v=1687412261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thurstons-work-on-surfaces-mn-48-albert-fathi-9780691147352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}