This text on contact topology is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, including recent striking applications in geometric and differential topology: Eli

The first comprehensive introduction to contact topology. Ideal for graduate courses on contact geometry, and as a reference for researchers.

The first comprehensive introduction to contact topology. Ideal for graduate courses on contact geometry, and as a reference for researchers.

Although contact geometry and topology is briefly discussed in V I Arnol''d''s book Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, 1989, 2nd edit

Symplectic and contact geometry naturally emerged from the mathematical description of classical physics. The discovery of new rigidity phenomena and properties