nLab Helmut Hofer

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Selected writings

Introducing polyfolds for symplectic topology:

• Helmut Hofer, A general Fredholm theory and applications (arXiv:math/0509366)

• Helmut Hofer, Kris Wysocki, Eduard Zehnder,

  • A general Fredholm theory I: A splicing-based differential geometry (arXiv/0612604)

  • A general Fredholm theory II: implicit function theorems (arXiv:0705.1310)

  • A general Fredholm theory III: Fredholm functors and polyfolds (arXiv:0810.0736)

• Helmut Hofer, Kris Wysocki, Eduard Zehnder, Integration theory for zero sets of polyfold Fredholm sections (arXiv/0711.0781)

• Helmut Hofer, Polyfolds and a general Fredholm theory (arXiv/0809.3753)

• Helmut Hofer, Polyfolds and Fredholm Theory, Oxford University Press (2017) (doi:10.1093/oso/9780198784913.003.0004)

Lecture notes:

• Joel W. Fish, Helmut Hofer, Lectures on Polyfolds and Symplectic Field Theory (arXiv:1808.07147)

Introducing Hofer's metric on Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms:

• Helmut Hofer, On the topological properties of symplectic maps, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section A: Mathematics, Volume 115 Issue 1-2, 1990 (doi:10.1017/S0308210500024549)

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