Title: Flows on 2-dimensional manifolds
Description: Time-evolution in low-dimensional topological spaces is a subject of puzzling vitality. This book is a state-of-the-art account, covering classical and new results. The volume comprises Poincaré-Bendixson, local and Morse-Smale theories, as well as a carefully written chapter on the invariants of surface flows. Of particular interest are chapters on the Anosov-Weil problem, C*-algebras and non-compact surfaces. The book invites graduate students and non-specialists to a fascinating realm of research. It is a valuable source of reference to the specialists.
Subjects: Flows (Differentiable dynamical systems), Low-dimensional topology, Topology, Differentiable dynamical systems, Combinatorial analysis, Mathematics, Global analysis, Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory