Stable moduli spaces of manifolds

<p>In this thesis we make several contributions to the theory of moduli spaces of smooth manifolds, especially in dimension two.</p> <p>In Chapter 2 (joint with Soren Galatius) we give a new geometric proof of a generalisation of the Madsen-Weiss theorem, which does not rely on the...

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Main Author: Randal-Williams, O
Other Authors: Tillmann, U
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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