Compact Complex Surfaces

The first edition of quot<strong>Compact Complex Surfaces</strong>quot was published in 1984and has become one of the most important books on the subject. In th... » 

The first edition of quotCompact Complex Surfacesquot was published in 1984and has become one of the most important books on the subject. In this secondenlarged edition the major developments of the last 20 years have beenincorporated. The EnriquesKodaira classification is carried out in the spiritof Mori theory and many new developments have been added including newanalytic tools as well as new algebraic methods such as the theorems ofBogomolov and Reider and their applications. A new section is devoted to thestunning results achieved by the introduction of Donaldson and SeibergWitteninvariants. «