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A survey of symplectic and contact topology

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In this article, we give a brief survey of major historical developments in the field of Contact and Symplectic Geometry. This field has grown into an area in its own right due to rapid progress seen in the last five decades. The community of Indian mathematicians working on this field is small but steadily growing. The contribution from Indian mathematicians to this field is noted in the article.

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    Mahuya Datta

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    Dheeraj Kulkarni

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Datta, M., Kulkarni, D. A survey of symplectic and contact topology. Indian J Pure Appl Math 50, 665–679 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-019-0348-1

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