McDuff and Salamon set out write an introduction to recent developments in the theory of J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology; finding that there was no... » 

McDuff and Salamon set out write an introduction to recent developments in the theory of J-holomorphic Curves and Symplectic Topology; finding that there was no decent treatment of the foundations of the theory, they combined the two objectives. This book establishes the fundamental theorems of the subject in full and rigorous detail, but it also i «