Download or read book Geometry of Low-Dimensional Manifolds: Volume 1, Gauge Theory and Algebraic Surfaces written by S. K. Donaldson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These volumes are based on lecture courses and seminars given at the LMS Durham Symposium on the geometry of low-dimensional manifolds. This area has been one of intense research recently, with major breakthroughs that have illuminated the way a number of different subjects (topology, differential and algebraic geometry and mathematical physics) interact.