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The Work of Stephen Smale in Differential Topology

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The theme of this conference is “Unity and Diversity in Mathematics.” The diversity is evident in the many topics covered. Reviewing Smale’s work in differential topology will reveal important themes that pervade much of his work in other topics, and thus exhibit an unexpected unity in seemingly diverse subjects.

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    Morris W. Hirsch

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    Jerrold E. Marsden

  3. IBM Research, T.J. Watson Research Center, 10598-0218, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

    Michael Shub

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Hirsch, M.W. (1993). The Work of Stephen Smale in Differential Topology. In: Hirsch, M.W., Marsden, J.E., Shub, M. (eds) From Topology to Computation: Proceedings of the Smalefest. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2740-3_10

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