Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy

Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy

Author: Dominic D. Joyce

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780198506010

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This is a combination of a graduate textbook on Reimannian holonomy groups, and a research monograph on compact manifolds with the exceptional holonomy groups G2 and Spin (7). It contains much new research and many new examples.


Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry

Author: Dominic D. Joyce

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 019921560X

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Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry covers an exciting and active area of research at the crossroads of several different fields in mathematics and physics. Drawing on the author's previous work the text has been written to explain the advanced mathematics involved simply and clearly to graduate students in both disciplines.


Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Related Geometries

Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Related Geometries

Author: Mark Gross

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 3642190049

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This is an introduction to a very active field of research, on the boundary between mathematics and physics. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in geometry and string theory. Proofs or sketches are given for many important results. From the reviews: "An excellent introduction to current research in the geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds, hyper-Kähler manifolds, exceptional holonomy and mirror symmetry....This is an excellent and useful book." --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS


Strings and Geometry

Strings and Geometry

Author: Clay Mathematics Institute. Summer School

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780821837153

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Contains selection of expository and research article by lecturers at the school. Highlights current interests of researchers working at the interface between string theory and algebraic supergravity, supersymmetry, D-branes, the McKay correspondence andFourer-Mukai transform.


Lectures and Surveys on G2-Manifolds and Related Topics

Lectures and Surveys on G2-Manifolds and Related Topics

Author: Spiro Karigiannis

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-05-26

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1071605771

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This book, one of the first on G2 manifolds in decades, collects introductory lectures and survey articles largely based on talks given at a workshop held at the Fields Institute in August 2017, as part of the major thematic program on geometric analysis. It provides an accessible introduction to various aspects of the geometry of G2 manifolds, including the construction of examples, as well as the intimate relations with calibrated geometry, Yang-Mills gauge theory, and geometric flows. It also features the inclusion of a survey on the new topological and analytic invariants of G2 manifolds that have been recently discovered. The first half of the book, consisting of several introductory lectures, is aimed at experienced graduate students or early career researchers in geometry and topology who wish to familiarize themselves with this burgeoning field. The second half, consisting of numerous survey articles, is intended to be useful to both beginners and experts in the field.


The Shape of Inner Space

The Shape of Inner Space

Author: Shing-Tung Yau

Publisher: Il Saggiatore

Published: 2010-09-07

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 0465020232

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The leading mind behind the mathematics of string theory discusses how geometry explains the universe we see. Illustrations.


Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition

Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition

Author: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 9780444860170

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This reference book, which has found wide use as a text, provides an answer to the needs of graduate physical mathematics students and their teachers. The present edition is a thorough revision of the first, including a new chapter entitled ``Connections on Principle Fibre Bundles'' which includes sections on holonomy, characteristic classes, invariant curvature integrals and problems on the geometry of gauge fields, monopoles, instantons, spin structure and spin connections. Many paragraphs have been rewritten, and examples and exercises added to ease the study of several chapters. The index includes over 130 entries.


Submanifolds and Holonomy

Submanifolds and Holonomy

Author: Jurgen Berndt

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-02-22

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1482245167

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Submanifolds and Holonomy, Second Edition explores recent progress in the submanifold geometry of space forms, including new methods based on the holonomy of the normal connection. This second edition reflects many developments that have occurred since the publication of its popular predecessor.New to the Second EditionNew chapter on normal holonom


On the Hypotheses Which Lie at the Bases of Geometry

On the Hypotheses Which Lie at the Bases of Geometry

Author: Bernhard Riemann

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 3319260421

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This book presents William Clifford’s English translation of Bernhard Riemann’s classic text together with detailed mathematical, historical and philosophical commentary. The basic concepts and ideas, as well as their mathematical background, are provided, putting Riemann’s reasoning into the more general and systematic perspective achieved by later mathematicians and physicists (including Helmholtz, Ricci, Weyl, and Einstein) on the basis of his seminal ideas. Following a historical introduction that positions Riemann’s work in the context of his times, the history of the concept of space in philosophy, physics and mathematics is systematically presented. A subsequent chapter on the reception and influence of the text accompanies the reader from Riemann’s times to contemporary research. Not only mathematicians and historians of the mathematical sciences, but also readers from other disciplines or those with an interest in physics or philosophy will find this work both appealing and insightful.