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Book Synopsis Pseudo-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces by : Michel Cahen
Download or read book Pseudo-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces written by Michel Cahen and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1980 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simply connected Reimannian symmetric spaces were classified by E. Cartan. This paper examines an attempt to obtain an analogous classification when the metric has indefinite signature.
Book Synopsis Pseudo-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces by : Michel Cahen
Download or read book Pseudo-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces written by Michel Cahen and published by . This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich Alekseevskiĭ Publisher :European Mathematical Society ISBN 13 :9783037190517 Total Pages :556 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (95 download)
Book Synopsis Recent Developments in Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry by : Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich Alekseevskiĭ
Download or read book Recent Developments in Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry written by Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich Alekseevskiĭ and published by European Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to and survey of recent developments in pseudo-Riemannian geometry, including applications in mathematical physics, by leading experts in the field. Topics covered are: Classification of pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces Holonomy groups of Lorentzian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds Hypersymplectic manifolds Anti-self-dual conformal structures in neutral signature and integrable systems Neutral Kahler surfaces and geometric optics Geometry and dynamics of the Einstein universe Essential conformal structures and conformal transformations in pseudo-Riemannian geometry The causal hierarchy of spacetimes Geodesics in pseudo-Riemannian manifolds Lorentzian symmetric spaces in supergravity Generalized geometries in supergravity Einstein metrics with Killing leaves The book is addressed to advanced students as well as to researchers in differential geometry, global analysis, general relativity and string theory. It shows essential differences between the geometry on manifolds with positive definite metrics and on those with indefinite metrics, and highlights the interesting new geometric phenomena, which naturally arise in the indefinite metric case. The reader finds a description of the present state of the art in the field as well as open problems, which can stimulate further research.
Book Synopsis Analysis on Non-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces by : Mogens Flensted-Jensen
Download or read book Analysis on Non-Riemannian Symmetric Spaces written by Mogens Flensted-Jensen and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1986-12-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harmonic analysis on Riemannian semisimple symmetric spaces and on special types of non-Riemannian semisimple symmetric spaces are well-established theories. This book presents a systematic treatment of the basic problems on semisimple symmetric spaces and a discussion of some of the more important recent developments in the field. The author's primary contribution has been his idea of how to construct the discrete series for such a space. In this book a fundamental role is played by the ideas behind that construction, namely the duality principle, the orbit picture related to it, and the definition of representations by means of distributions on the orbits. Intended as a text at the upper graduate level, the book assumes a basic knowledge of Fourier analysis, differential geometry, and functional analysis. In particular, the reader should have a good knowledge of the general theory of real and complex Lie algebras and Lie groups and of the root and weight theories for semisimple Lie algebras and Lie groups.
Book Synopsis Spaces of Constant Curvature by : Joseph A. Wolf
Download or read book Spaces of Constant Curvature written by Joseph A. Wolf and published by American Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the sixth edition of the classic Spaces of Constant Curvature, first published in 1967, with the previous (fifth) edition published in 1984. It illustrates the high degree of interplay between group theory and geometry. The reader will benefit from the very concise treatments of riemannian and pseudo-riemannian manifolds and their curvatures, of the representation theory of finite groups, and of indications of recent progress in discrete subgroups of Lie groups. Part I is a brief introduction to differentiable manifolds, covering spaces, and riemannian and pseudo-riemannian geometry. It also contains a certain amount of introductory material on symmetry groups and space forms, indicating the direction of the later chapters. Part II is an updated treatment of euclidean space form. Part III is Wolf's classic solution to the Clifford–Klein Spherical Space Form Problem. It starts with an exposition of the representation theory of finite groups. Part IV introduces riemannian symmetric spaces and extends considerations of spherical space forms to space forms of riemannian symmetric spaces. Finally, Part V examines space form problems on pseudo-riemannian symmetric spaces. At the end of Chapter 12 there is a new appendix describing some of the recent work on discrete subgroups of Lie groups with application to space forms of pseudo-riemannian symmetric spaces. Additional references have been added to this sixth edition as well.
Book Synopsis Generalized Symmetric Spaces by : O. Kowalski
Download or read book Generalized Symmetric Spaces written by O. Kowalski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Spaces of Constant Curvature by : Joseph Albert Wolf
Download or read book Spaces of Constant Curvature written by Joseph Albert Wolf and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1972 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the sixth edition of the classic Spaces of Constant Curvature, first published in 1967, with the previous (fifth) edition published in 1984. It illustrates the high degree of interplay between group theory and geometry. The reader will benefit from the very concise treatments of Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds and their curvatures, of the representation theory of finite groups, and of indications of recent progress in discrete subgroups of Lie groups. Part I is a brief introduction to differentiable manifolds, covering spaces, and Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian geometry. It also contains a certain amount of introductory material on symmetry groups and space forms, indicating the direction of the later chapters. Part II is an updated treatment of euclidean space form. Part III is Wolf's classic solution to the Clifford-Klein Spherical Space Form Problem. It starts with an exposition of the representation theory of finite groups. Part IV introduces Riemannian symmetric spaces and extends considerations of spherical space forms to space forms of Riemannian symmetric spaces. Finally, Part V examines space form problems on pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces. At the end of Chapter 12 there is a new appendix describing some of the recent work on discrete subgroups of Lie groups with application to space forms of pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces.
Book Synopsis The Geometry of Curvature Homogeneous Pseudo-Riemannian Manifolds by : Peter B. Gilkey
Download or read book The Geometry of Curvature Homogeneous Pseudo-Riemannian Manifolds written by Peter B. Gilkey and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pseudo-Riemannian geometry is an active research field not only in differential geometry but also in mathematical physics where the higher signature geometries play a role in brane theory. An essential reference tool for research mathematicians and physicists, this book also serves as a useful introduction to students entering this active and rapidly growing field. The author presents a comprehensive treatment of several aspects of pseudo-Riemannian geometry, including the spectral geometry of the curvature tensor, curvature homogeneity, and Stanilov-Tsankov-Videv theory."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry and Supersymmetry by : Vicente Cortés
Download or read book Handbook of Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry and Supersymmetry written by Vicente Cortés and published by European Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2010 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this handbook is to give an overview of some recent developments in differential geometry related to supersymmetric field theories. The main themes covered are: Special geometry and supersymmetry Generalized geometry Geometries with torsion Para-geometries Holonomy theory Symmetric spaces and spaces of constant curvature Conformal geometry Wave equations on Lorentzian manifolds D-branes and K-theory The intended audience consists of advanced students and researchers working in differential geometry, string theory, and related areas. The emphasis is on geometrical structures occurring on target spaces of supersymmetric field theories. Some of these structures can be fully described in the classical framework of pseudo-Riemannian geometry. Others lead to new concepts relating various fields of research, such as special Kahler geometry or generalized geometry.
Book Synopsis Symmetric Spaces: General theory by : Ottmar Loos
Download or read book Symmetric Spaces: General theory written by Ottmar Loos and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Strong Rigidity of Locally Symmetric Spaces by : G. Daniel Mostow
Download or read book Strong Rigidity of Locally Symmetric Spaces written by G. Daniel Mostow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1973-12-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locally symmetric spaces are generalizations of spaces of constant curvature. In this book the author presents the proof of a remarkable phenomenon, which he calls "strong rigidity": this is a stronger form of the deformation rigidity that has been investigated by Selberg, Calabi-Vesentini, Weil, Borel, and Raghunathan. The proof combines the theory of semi-simple Lie groups, discrete subgroups, the geometry of E. Cartan's symmetric Riemannian spaces, elements of ergodic theory, and the fundamental theorem of projective geometry as applied to Tit's geometries. In his proof the author introduces two new notions having independent interest: one is "pseudo-isometries"; the other is a notion of a quasi-conformal mapping over the division algebra K (K equals real, complex, quaternion, or Cayley numbers). The author attempts to make the account accessible to readers with diverse backgrounds, and the book contains capsule descriptions of the various theories that enter the proof.
Book Synopsis Semi-Riemannian Geometry With Applications to Relativity by : Barrett O'Neill
Download or read book Semi-Riemannian Geometry With Applications to Relativity written by Barrett O'Neill and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1983-07-29 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exposition of semi-Riemannian geometry (also called pseudo-Riemannian geometry)--the study of a smooth manifold furnished with a metric tensor of arbitrary signature. The principal special cases are Riemannian geometry, where the metric is positive definite, and Lorentz geometry. For many years these two geometries have developed almost independently: Riemannian geometry reformulated in coordinate-free fashion and directed toward global problems, Lorentz geometry in classical tensor notation devoted to general relativity. More recently, this divergence has been reversed as physicists, turning increasingly toward invariant methods, have produced results of compelling mathematical interest.
Book Synopsis Twistor Theory for Riemannian Symmetric Spaces by : Francis E. Burstall
Download or read book Twistor Theory for Riemannian Symmetric Spaces written by Francis E. Burstall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monograph on twistor theory and its applications to harmonic map theory, a central theme is the interplay between the complex homogeneous geometry of flag manifolds and the real homogeneous geometry of symmetric spaces. In particular, flag manifolds are shown to arise as twistor spaces of Riemannian symmetric spaces. Applications of this theory include a complete classification of stable harmonic 2-spheres in Riemannian symmetric spaces and a Bäcklund transform for harmonic 2-spheres in Lie groups which, in many cases, provides a factorisation theorem for such spheres as well as gap phenomena. The main methods used are those of homogeneous geometry and Lie theory together with some algebraic geometry of Riemann surfaces. The work addresses differential geometers, especially those with interests in minimal surfaces and homogeneous manifolds.
Book Synopsis Riemannian Symmetric Spaces of Rank One by : Isaac Chavel
Download or read book Riemannian Symmetric Spaces of Rank One written by Isaac Chavel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces by : Sigurdur Helgason
Download or read book Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces written by Sigurdur Helgason and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2001-06-12 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great book ... a necessary item in any mathematical library. --S. S. Chern, University of California A brilliant book: rigorous, tightly organized, and covering a vast amount of good mathematics. --Barrett O'Neill, University of California This is obviously a very valuable and well thought-out book on an important subject. --Andre Weil, Institute for Advanced Study The study of homogeneous spaces provides excellent insights into both differential geometry and Lie groups. In geometry, for instance, general theorems and properties will also hold for homogeneous spaces, and will usually be easier to understand and to prove in this setting. For Lie groups, a significant amount of analysis either begins with or reduces to analysis on homogeneous spaces, frequently on symmetric spaces. For many years and for many mathematicians, Sigurdur Helgason's classic Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces has been--and continues to be--the standard source for this material. Helgason begins with a concise, self-contained introduction to differential geometry. Next is a careful treatment of the foundations of the theory of Lie groups, presented in a manner that since 1962 has served as a model to a number of subsequent authors. This sets the stage for the introduction and study of symmetric spaces, which form the central part of the book. The text concludes with the classification of symmetric spaces by means of the Killing-Cartan classification of simple Lie algebras over $\mathbb{C}$ and Cartan's classification of simple Lie algebras over $\mathbb{R}$, following a method of Victor Kac. The excellent exposition is supplemented by extensive collections of useful exercises at the end of each chapter. All of the problems have either solutions or substantial hints, found at the back of the book. For this edition, the author has made corrections and added helpful notes and useful references. Sigurdur Helgason was awarded the Steele Prize for Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces and Groups and Geometric Analysis.
Book Synopsis Riemannian Manifolds of Conullity Two by : Eric Boeckx
Download or read book Riemannian Manifolds of Conullity Two written by Eric Boeckx and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996-11-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with Riemannian manifolds for which the nullity space of the curvature tensor has codimension two. These manifolds are “semi-symmetric spaces foliated by Euclidean leaves of codimension two” in the sense of Z I Szabó. The authors concentrate on the rich geometrical structure and explicit descriptions of these remarkable spaces. Also parallel theories are developed for manifolds of “relative conullity two”. This makes a bridge to a survey on curvature homogeneous spaces introduced by I M Singer. As an application of the main topic, interesting hypersurfaces with type number two in Euclidean space are discovered, namely those which are locally rigid or “almost rigid”. The unifying method is solving explicitly particular systems of nonlinear PDE. Contents:IntroductionDefinition of Semi-Symmetric Spaces and Early DevelopmentLocal Structure of Semi-Symmetric SpacesExplicit Treatment of Foliated Semi-Symmetric SpacesCurvature Homogeneous Semi-Symmetric SpacesAsymptotic Foliations and Algebraic RankThree-Dimensional Riemannian Manifolds of Conullity TwoAsymptotically Foliated Semi-Symmetric SpacesElliptic Semi-Symmetric SpacesComplete Foliated Semi-Symmetric SpacesApplication: Local Rigidity Problems for Hypersurfaces with Type Number Two in IR4Three-Dimensional Riemannian Manifolds of c-Conullity TwoMore about Curvature Homogeneous SpacesBiolographyIndex Readership: Mathematicians and mathematical physicists. keywords:Riemannian Manifold;Curvature Homogeneous Space;Semi-Symmetric Space;Pseudo-Symmetric Space;Asymptotic Foliation;Hypersurface with Type Number Two;Gromov Conjecture;Lichnerowicz Formula;Nomizu Conjecture;Singer Number
Book Synopsis D-Modules and Spherical Representations. (MN-39) by : Frédéric V. Bien
Download or read book D-Modules and Spherical Representations. (MN-39) written by Frédéric V. Bien and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of D-modules deals with the algebraic aspects of differential equations. These are particularly interesting on homogeneous manifolds, since the infinitesimal action of a Lie algebra consists of differential operators. Hence, it is possible to attach geometric invariants, like the support and the characteristic variety, to representations of Lie groups. By considering D-modules on flag varieties, one obtains a simple classification of all irreducible admissible representations of reductive Lie groups. On the other hand, it is natural to study the representations realized by functions on pseudo-Riemannian symmetric spaces, i.e., spherical representations. The problem is then to describe the spherical representations among all irreducible ones, and to compute their multiplicities. This is the goal of this work, achieved fairly completely at least for the discrete series representations of reductive symmetric spaces. The book provides a general introduction to the theory of D-modules on flag varieties, and it describes spherical D-modules in terms of a cohomological formula. Using microlocalization of representations, the author derives a criterion for irreducibility. The relation between multiplicities and singularities is also discussed at length. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
