Ebook: Convex Integration Theory: Solutions to the h-principle in geometry and topology

§1. Historical Remarks Convex Integration theory, first introduced by M. Gromov [17], is one of three general methods in immersion-theoretic topology for solving a broad range of problems in geometry and topology. The other methods are: (i) Removal of Singularities, introduced by M. Gromov and Y. Eliashberg [8]; (ii) the covering homotopy method which, following M. Gromov's thesis [16], is also referred to as the method of sheaves. The covering homotopy method is due originally to S. Smale [36] who proved a crucial covering homotopy result in order to solve the classification problem for immersions of spheres in Euclidean space. These general methods are not linearly related in the sense that succes­ sive methods subsumed the previous methods. Each method has its own distinct foundation, based on an independent geometrical or analytical insight. Conse­ quently, each method has a range of applications to problems in topology that are best suited to its particular insight. For example, a distinguishing feature of Convex Integration theory is that it applies to solve closed relations in jet spaces, including certain general classes of underdetermined non-linear systems of par­ tial differential equations. As a case of interest, the Nash-Kuiper Cl-isometrie immersion theorem ean be reformulated and proved using Convex Integration theory (cf. Gromov [18]). No such results on closed relations in jet spaees can be proved by means of the other two methods.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Convex Hulls....Pages 19-32
Analytic Theory....Pages 33-48
Open Ample Relations in 1-Jet Spaces....Pages 49-69
Microfibrations....Pages 71-86
The Geometry of Jet Spaces....Pages 87-99
Convex Hull Extensions....Pages 101-120
Ample Relations....Pages 121-164
Systems of Partial Differential Equations....Pages 165-199
Relaxation Theory....Pages 201-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-213

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Convex Hulls....Pages 19-32
Analytic Theory....Pages 33-48
Open Ample Relations in 1-Jet Spaces....Pages 49-69
Microfibrations....Pages 71-86
The Geometry of Jet Spaces....Pages 87-99
Convex Hull Extensions....Pages 101-120
Ample Relations....Pages 121-164
Systems of Partial Differential Equations....Pages 165-199
Relaxation Theory....Pages 201-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-213
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