Smooth Four-Manifolds and Complex Surfaces

This book applies the recent techniques of gauge theory to study the smooth classification of compact complex surfaces. The study is divided into four main areas: Classical complex surface theory, gauge theory and Donaldson invariants, deformations of holomorphic vector bundles, and explicit calculations for elliptic sur§ faces. The book represents a marriage of the techniques of algebraic geometry and 4-manifold topology and gives a detailed exposition of some of the main themes in this very active area of current research.Friedman, Robert S. is the author of 'Smooth Four-Manifolds and Complex Surfaces', published 1994 under ISBN 9783540570585 and ISBN 3540570586.