Structures On Manifolds

Structures On Manifolds

Author: Masahiro Kon

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1985-02-01

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9814602809

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Contents: Riemannian ManifoldsSubmanifolds of Riemannian ManifoldsComplex ManifoldsSubmanifolds of Kaehlerian ManifoldsContact ManifoldsSubmanifolds of Sasakian Manifoldsf-StructuresProduct ManifoldsSubmersions Readership: Mathematicians. Keywords:Riemannian Manifold;Submanifold;Complex Manifold;Contact Manifold;Kaehlerian Manifold;Sasakian Manifold;Anti-Invariant Submanifold;CR Submanifold;Contact CR Submanifold;Submersion


Riemannian Topology and Geometric Structures on Manifolds

Riemannian Topology and Geometric Structures on Manifolds

Author: Krzysztof Galicki

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-07-25

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 0817647430

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Riemannian Topology and Structures on Manifolds results from a similarly entitled conference held on the occasion of Charles P. Boyer’s 65th birthday. The various contributions to this volume discuss recent advances in the areas of positive sectional curvature, Kähler and Sasakian geometry, and their interrelation to mathematical physics, especially M and superstring theory. Focusing on these fundamental ideas, this collection presents review articles, original results, and open problems of interest.


Homogeneous Structures on Riemannian Manifolds

Homogeneous Structures on Riemannian Manifolds

Author: F. Tricerri

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1983-06-23

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0521274893

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The central theme of this book is the theorem of Ambrose and Singer, which gives for a connected, complete and simply connected Riemannian manifold a necessary and sufficient condition for it to be homogeneous. This is a local condition which has to be satisfied at all points, and in this way it is a generalization of E. Cartan's method for symmetric spaces. The main aim of the authors is to use this theorem and representation theory to give a classification of homogeneous Riemannian structures on a manifold. There are eight classes, and some of these are discussed in detail. Using the constructive proof of Ambrose and Singer many examples are discussed with special attention to the natural correspondence between the homogeneous structure and the groups acting transitively and effectively as isometrics on the manifold.


An Introduction to Manifolds

An Introduction to Manifolds

Author: Loring W. Tu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1441974008

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Manifolds, the higher-dimensional analogs of smooth curves and surfaces, are fundamental objects in modern mathematics. Combining aspects of algebra, topology, and analysis, manifolds have also been applied to classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum field theory. In this streamlined introduction to the subject, the theory of manifolds is presented with the aim of helping the reader achieve a rapid mastery of the essential topics. By the end of the book the reader should be able to compute, at least for simple spaces, one of the most basic topological invariants of a manifold, its de Rham cohomology. Along the way, the reader acquires the knowledge and skills necessary for further study of geometry and topology. The requisite point-set topology is included in an appendix of twenty pages; other appendices review facts from real analysis and linear algebra. Hints and solutions are provided to many of the exercises and problems. This work may be used as the text for a one-semester graduate or advanced undergraduate course, as well as by students engaged in self-study. Requiring only minimal undergraduate prerequisites, 'Introduction to Manifolds' is also an excellent foundation for Springer's GTM 82, 'Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology'.


Complex Manifolds and Deformation of Complex Structures

Complex Manifolds and Deformation of Complex Structures

Author: K. Kodaira

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1461385903

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This book is an introduction to the theory of complex manifolds and their deformations. Deformation of the complex structure of Riemann surfaces is an idea which goes back to Riemann who, in his famous memoir on Abelian functions published in 1857, calculated the number of effective parameters on which the deformation depends. Since the publication of Riemann's memoir, questions concerning the deformation of the complex structure of Riemann surfaces have never lost their interest. The deformation of algebraic surfaces seems to have been considered first by Max Noether in 1888 (M. Noether: Anzahl der Modulen einer Classe algebraischer Fliichen, Sitz. K6niglich. Preuss. Akad. der Wiss. zu Berlin, erster Halbband, 1888, pp. 123-127). However, the deformation of higher dimensional complex manifolds had been curiously neglected for 100 years. In 1957, exactly 100 years after Riemann's memoir, Frolicher and Nijenhuis published a paper in which they studied deformation of higher dimensional complex manifolds by a differential geometric method and obtained an important result. (A. Fr61icher and A. Nijenhuis: A theorem on stability of complex structures, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., U.S.A., 43 (1957), 239-241).


Introduction to Smooth Manifolds

Introduction to Smooth Manifolds

Author: John M. Lee

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 0387217525

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Author has written several excellent Springer books.; This book is a sequel to Introduction to Topological Manifolds; Careful and illuminating explanations, excellent diagrams and exemplary motivation; Includes short preliminary sections before each section explaining what is ahead and why


Introduction to Topological Manifolds

Introduction to Topological Manifolds

Author: John M. Lee

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-06

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 038722727X

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Manifolds play an important role in topology, geometry, complex analysis, algebra, and classical mechanics. Learning manifolds differs from most other introductory mathematics in that the subject matter is often completely unfamiliar. This introduction guides readers by explaining the roles manifolds play in diverse branches of mathematics and physics. The book begins with the basics of general topology and gently moves to manifolds, the fundamental group, and covering spaces.


From Differential Geometry to Non-commutative Geometry and Topology

From Differential Geometry to Non-commutative Geometry and Topology

Author: Neculai S. Teleman

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-10

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 3030284336

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This book aims to provide a friendly introduction to non-commutative geometry. It studies index theory from a classical differential geometry perspective up to the point where classical differential geometry methods become insufficient. It then presents non-commutative geometry as a natural continuation of classical differential geometry. It thereby aims to provide a natural link between classical differential geometry and non-commutative geometry. The book shows that the index formula is a topological statement, and ends with non-commutative topology.


Symplectic Manifolds with no Kaehler structure

Symplectic Manifolds with no Kaehler structure

Author: Alesky Tralle

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-11-14

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 3540691456

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This is a research monograph covering the majority of known results on the problem of constructing compact symplectic manifolds with no Kaehler structure with an emphasis on the use of rational homotopy theory. In recent years, some new and stimulating conjectures and problems have been formulated due to an influx of homotopical ideas. Examples include the Lupton-Oprea conjecture, the Benson-Gordon conjecture, both of which are in the spirit of some older and still unsolved problems (e.g. Thurston's conjecture and Sullivan's problem). Our explicit aim is to clarify the interrelations between certain aspects of symplectic geometry and homotopy theory in the framework of the problems mentioned above. We expect that the reader is aware of the basics of differential geometry and algebraic topology at graduate level.