Bordism of Diffeomorphisms and Related Topics [Paperback]

Bordism groups of orientation preserving diffeomorphisms.- Report about equivariant Witt groups.- The isometric structure of a diffeomorphism.- The mapping torus of a diffeomorphism.- Fibrations over S1 within their bordism class and the computation of ?*.- Addition and subtraction of handles.- Proof of Theorem 5.5 in the odd-dimensional case.- Proof of Theorem 5.5 in the even-dimensional case.- Bordism of diffeomorphisms on manifolds with additional normal structures like Spin-, unitary structures or framings; orientation reversing diffeomorphisms and the unoriented case.- Application to SK-groups.- Miscellaneous results: Ring structure, generators, relation to the inertia group.Springer Book Archives