Chapter 1.Introduction
1.Topological aspects of Hamiltonian group actions
2.Hamiltonian cobordism
3.The linearization theorem and non-compact cobordisms
4.Abstract moment maps and non-degeneracy
5.The quantum linearization theorem and its applications
6.Acknowledgements
Part 1.Cobordism
Chapter 2.Hamiltonian cobordism
1.Hamiltonian group actions
2.Hamiltonian geometry
3.Compact Hamiltonian cobordisms
4.Proper Hamiltonian cobordisms
5.Hamiltonian complex cobordisms
Chapter 3.Abstract moment maps
1.Abstract moment maps: definitions and examples
2.Proper abstract moment maps
3.Cobordism
4.First examples of proper cobordisms
5.Cobordisms of surfaces
6.Cobordisms of linear actions
Chapter 4.The linearization theorem
1.The simplest case of the linearization theorem
2.The Hamiltonian linearization theorem
3.The linearization theorem for abstract moment maps
4.Linear torus actions
5.The right-hand side of the linearization theorems
6.The Duistermaat-Heckman and Guillemin-Lerman-Sternberg formulas
Chapter 5.Reduction and applications
1.(Pre-)symplectic reduction
2.Reduction for abstract moment maps
3.The Duistermaat-Heckman theorem
4.Kaihler reduction
5.The complex Delzant construction
6.Cobordism of reduced spaces
7.Jeffrey-Kirwan localization
8.Cutting
Part 2.Quantization
Chapter 6.Geometric quantization
1.Quantization and group actions
2.Pre-quantization
3.Pre-quantization of reduced spaces
4.Kirillov-Kostant pre-quantization
5.Polarizations, complex structures, and geometric quantization
6.Dolbeault Quantization and the Riemann-Roch formula
7.Stable complex quantization and Spinc quantization
8.Geometric quantization as a push-forward
Chapter 7.The quantum version of the linearization theorem
1.The quantization of Cd
2.Partition functions