D-orbifolds and d-bordism

The purpose of this thesis is to study d-manifolds and d-orbifolds and their bordism groups. D-manifolds and d-orbifolds were recently introduced by Joyce as a new class of geometric objects to study moduli problems in algebraic and symplectic geometry. In the spirit of Joyce we will introduce the n...

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Main Author: Volk, Benjamin Michael
Other Authors: Joyce, Dominic
Published: University of Oxford 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629560