Differential and Riemannian geometry Books
Dover Publications Inc. Differential Geometry
Book SynopsisAn introductory textbook on the differential geometry of curves and surfaces in 3-dimensional Euclidean space, presented in its simplest, most essential form, but with many explanatory details, figures, and examples, and in a manner that conveys the theoretical and practical importance of the different concepts, methods, and results involved. With problems and solutions. Includes 99 illustrations.
£14.39
Dover Publications Inc. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
Book SynopsisOne of the most widely used texts in its field, this volume has been continuously in print since its initial 1976 publication. The clear, well-written exposition is enhanced by many examples and exercises, some with hints and answers. Prerequisites include an undergraduate course in linear algebra and some familiarity with the calculus of several variables.
£26.79
International Press of Boston Inc Selected Works of Isadore Singer: Volume 2: Index
Book SynopsisThis collection presents the major mathematical works of Isadore Singer, selected by Singer himself, and organized thematically into three volumes: 1. Functional analysis, differential geometry and eigenvalues 2. Index theory 3. Gauge theory and physics Each volume begins with a commentary (and in the first volume, a short biography of Singer), and then presents the works on its theme in roughly chronological order.
£40.80
Oxford University Press Geometry of Black Holes
Book SynopsisBlack holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein''s general theory of relativity. There is strong evidence of their existence through observation of active galactic nuclei, including the centre of our galaxy, observations of gravitational waves, and others.There exists a large scientific literature on black holes, including many excellent textbooks at various levels. However, most of these steer clear from the mathematical niceties needed to make the theory of black holes a mathematical theory. Those which maintain a high mathematical standard are either focused on specific topics, or skip many details. The objective of this book is to fill this gap and present a detailed, mathematically oriented, extended introduction to the subject.The book provides a wide background to the current research on all mathematical aspects of the geometry of black hole spacetimes.Trade ReviewWritten with a high standard of rigor and care, with very good treatments of many topics that are hard to find elsewhere. * Robert Wald, University of Chicago *Including some very interesting and unique material, the book is written in a manner that will be accessible for students, and provide a valuable resource for experts working in mathematical general relativity. * Greg Galloway, University of Miami *This text is an excellent research level monograph exploring the detailed and rich structure of black holes in mathematical physics. * Kymani Armstrong-Williams, Physics Book Reviews *Table of ContentsPART I GLOBAL LORENTZIAN GEOMETRY 1: Basic Notions 2: Elements of causality 3: Some applications PART II BLACK HOLES 4: An introduction to black holes 5: Further selected solutions 6: Extensions, conformal diagrams 7: Projection diagrams 8: Dynamical black holes
£37.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lectures On Differential Geometry
Book SynopsisThis book presents a concise introduction to differential geometry. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate students and first year graduate students who wish to have a basic solid knowledge of the subject, and it can serve as a starting point for more advanced reading. The book is organized into lectures, so it can easily be used as a textbook for a beginning graduate-level course in differential geometry.
£121.50
Springer International Publishing AG A Brief Introduction to Berezin–Toeplitz
Book SynopsisThis text provides a comprehensive introduction to Berezin–Toeplitz operators on compact Kähler manifolds. The heart of the book is devoted to a proof of the main properties of these operators which have been playing a significant role in various areas of mathematics such as complex geometry, topological quantum field theory, integrable systems, and the study of links between symplectic topology and quantum mechanics. The book is carefully designed to supply graduate students with a unique accessibility to the subject. The first part contains a review of relevant material from complex geometry. Examples are presented with explicit detail and computation; prerequisites have been kept to a minimum. Readers are encouraged to enhance their understanding of the material by working through the many straightforward exercises. Trade Review“The book … represents an essential prerequisite for anyone who wants to work in the field. The author have managed to make it readable by non-specialists.” (Béchir Dali, zbMATH 1452.32002, 2021)Table of ContentsPreface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. A short introduction to Kähler manifolds.- 3. Complex line bundles with connections.- 4. Quantization of compact Kähler manifolds.- 5. Berezin–Toeplitz operators.- 6. Schwartz kernels.- 7. Asymptotics of the projector Pi_k.- 8. Proof of product and commutator estimates.- 9. Coherent states and norm correspondence.- A. The circle bundle point of view.- Bibliography.
£49.49
Springer International Publishing AG Linear Fractional Transformations: An Illustrated
Book SynopsisThe principle aim of this unique text is to illuminate the beauty of the subject both with abstractions like proofs and mathematical text, and with visuals, such as abundant illustrations and diagrams. With few mathematical prerequisites, geometry is presented through the lens of linear fractional transformations. The exposition is motivational and the well-placed examples and exercises give students ample opportunity to pause and digest the material. The subject builds from the fundamentals of Euclidean geometry, to inversive geometry, and, finally, to hyperbolic geometry at the end. Throughout, the author aims to express the underlying philosophy behind the definitions and mathematical reasoning. This text may be used as primary for an undergraduate geometry course or a freshman seminar in geometry, or as supplemental to instructors in their undergraduate courses in complex analysis, algebra, and number theory. There are elective courses that bring together seemingly disparate topics and this text would be a welcome accompaniment.Table of ContentsMotivation.- I Euclidean and Inversive Geometry.- Euclidean Isometries and Similarities.- Inversive Geometry.- Applications of Inversive Geometry.- II Non-Euclidean Geometry.- Spherical Geometry.- Appendix: Set Theory.
£38.24
Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Twistor Theory Second Edition 0004 London Mathematical Society Student Texts Series Number 4
Book SynopsisThis text is an introduction to twistor theory and modern geometrical approaches to space-time structure at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level.Trade Review' … the book is recommended to anyone seeking to get acquainted with the area.' American Scientist' … a certain amount of preliminary knowledge is assumed of the reader ... but anyone who has these prerequisites and who is interested in twistor theory could hardly do better than to start with this book.' Contemporary Physics'In all, the book provides a pleasant starting point for the study of this fascinating subject.' Dr F. E. Burstall, Contemporary PhysicsTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Review of tensor algebra; 3. Lorentzian spinors at a point; 4. Spinor fields; 5. Compactified Minkowski space; 6. The geometry of null congruences; 7. The geometry of twistor space; 8. Solving the zero rest mass equations I; 9. Sheaf cohomology; 10. Solving the zero rest mass equations II; 11. The twisted photon and Yang–Mills constructions; 12. The non-linear graviton; 13. Penrose's quasi-local momentum; 14. Cohomological functionals; 15. Further developments and conclusion; Appendix: The GHP equations.
£41.79
Cambridge University Press A Sampler of RiemannFinsler Geometry
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Birkhauser Boston Representation Theory and Automorphic Forms
Book SynopsisThis volume uses a unified approach to representation theory and automorphic forms.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Ramakrishnan, D.: Irreducibility and Cuspidality.-Ikeda, T.: On Liftings of Holomorphic Modular Forms.-Kobayashi, T.: Multiplicity-free Theorems of the Restrictions of Unitary Highest Weight Modules with respect to Reductive Symmetric Pairs.-Miller, S., Schmid, W.: The Rankin--Selberg Method for Automorphic Distributions.- Shahidi, F.: Langlands Functoriality Conjecture and Number Theory.- Yoshikawa, K.: Discriminant of certain K3 surfaces.- References.- Index.
£98.99
Cambridge University Press A First Course in Differential Geometry
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£69.34
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Differential Geometry
Book SynopsisThis book combines the classical and contemporary approaches to differential geometry. An introduction to the Riemannian geometry of manifolds is preceded by a detailed discussion of properties of curves and surfaces.The chapter on the differential geometry of plane curves considers local and global properties of curves, evolutes and involutes, and affine and projective differential geometry. Various approaches to Gaussian curvature for surfaces are discussed. The curvature tensor, conjugate points, and the Laplace-Beltrami operator are first considered in detail for two-dimensional surfaces, which facilitates studying them in the many-dimensional case. A separate chapter is devoted to the differential geometry of Lie groups.Trade Review“All chapters are supplemented with solutions of the problems scattered throughout the text. Designed as a text for a lecturer course on the subject, it is perfect and can be recommended for students interested in this classical field.” (Ivailo. M. Mladenov, zbMATH 1498.53001, 2022)Table of ContentsCurves in the Plane.- Curves in Space.- Surfaces in Space.- Hypersurfaces in Rn+1.- Connections.- Riemannian Manifolds.- Lie Groups.- Comparison Theorems.- Curvature and Topology.- Laplacian.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.
£58.49
Birkhauser Verlag AG A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and
Book SynopsisThis book explains and helps readers to develop geometric intuition as it relates to differential forms. It includes over 250 figures to aid understanding and enable readers to visualize the concepts being discussed. The author gradually builds up to the basic ideas and concepts so that definitions, when made, do not appear out of nowhere, and both the importance and role that theorems play is evident as or before they are presented. With a clear writing style and easy-to- understand motivations for each topic, this book is primarily aimed at second- or third-year undergraduate math and physics students with a basic knowledge of vector calculus and linear algebra.Trade Review “The reviewer recommends young mathematics and physics majors to open the book and to keep it on their bookshelves. Indeed, the reviewer even envies young students who can study differential forms with such a fascinating book.” (Hirokazu Nishimura, zbMath 1419.58001, 2019)Table of Contents
£53.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Geometry I: Basic Ideas and Concepts of
Book SynopsisThis book provides a tour of the principal areas and methods of modern differential geometry. Beginning at the introductory level with curves in Euclidian space, the sections become more challenging, arriving finally at the advanced topics that form the greatest part of the book: transformation groups, the geometry of differential equations, geometric structures, the equivalence problem, the geometry of elliptic operators.Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Metamathematical View of Differential Geometry.- 2. The Geometry of Surfaces.- 3. The Field Approach of Riemann.- 4. The Group Approach of Lie and Klein. The Geometry of Transformation Groups.- 5. The Geometry of Differential Equations.- 6. Geometric Structures.- 7. The Equivalence Problem, Differential Invariants and Pseudogroups.- 8. Global Aspects of Differential Geometry.- Commentary on the References.- References.- Author Index.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Test Configurations, Stabilities and Canonical Kähler Metrics: Complex Geometry by the Energy Method
Book SynopsisThe Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture for anti-canonical polarization was recently solved affirmatively by Chen-Donaldson-Sun and Tian. However, this conjecture is still open for general polarizations or more generally in extremal Kähler cases. In this book, the unsolved cases of the conjecture will be discussed.It will be shown that the problem is closely related to the geometry of moduli spaces of test configurations for polarized algebraic manifolds. Another important tool in our approach is the Chow norm introduced by Zhang. This is closely related to Ding’s functional, and plays a crucial role in our differential geometric study of stability. By discussing the Chow norm from various points of view, we shall make a systematic study of the existence problem of extremal Kähler metrics.Trade Review“The concise style of exposition likely means that this monograph is best suited for experts with background knowledge in canonical Kähler metrics. … It can be recommended also to those who would like a review of important results concerning the generalised Kähler-Einstein metrics, with various examples, and the moduli space of Lp-spaces.” (Yoshinori Hashimoto, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2023)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The Donaldson-Futaki invariant.- Canonical Kähler metrics.- Norms for test configurations.- Stabilities for polarized algebraic manifolds.- The Yau-Tian-Donaldson conjecture.- Stability theorem.- Existence problem.- Canonical Kähler metrics on Fano manifolds.- Geometry of pseudo-normed graded algebras.- Solutions.
£49.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore An Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
Book Synopsis1. Calculus on Rn.- 2. Manifold Theory.- 3. Differential Forms.- 4. Lie Group.
£47.49
Birkhauser Boston Inc Riemannian Geometry
Book SynopsisRiemannian Geometry is an expanded edition of a highly acclaimed and successful textbook (originally published in Portuguese) for first-year graduate students in mathematics and physics.Trade Review"This is one of the best (if even not just the best) book for those who want to get a good, smooth and quick, but yet thorough introduction to modern Riemannian geometry." -Publicationes Mathematicae "This is a very nice introduction to global Riemannian geometry, which leads the reader quickly to the heart of the topic. Nevertheless, classical results are also discussed on many occasions, and almost 60 pages are devoted to exercises." -Newsletter of the EMS "In the reviewer's opinion, this is a superb book which makes learning a real pleasure." -Revue Romaine de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees "This mainstream presentation of differential geometry serves well for a course on Riemannian geometry, and it is complemented by many annotated exercises." -Monatshefte F. MathematikTable of ContentsPreface to the 1st edition * Preface to the 2nd edition * Preface to the English edition * How to use this book * 0. Differentiable Manifolds * 1. Riemannian Metrics * 2. Affine Connections; Riemannian Connections * 3. Geodesics; Convex Neighborhoods * 4. Curvature * 5. Jacobi Fields * 6. Isometric Immersions * 7. Complete Manifolds; Hopf-Rinow and Hadamard Theorems * 8. Spaces of Constant Curvature * 9. Variations of Energy * 10. The Rauch Comparison Theorem * 11. The Morse Index Theorem * 12. The Fundamental Group of Manifolds of Negative Curvature * 13. The Sphere Theorem * References * Index
£33.99
Springer International Publishing AG Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
Book SynopsisThis is a textbook on differential geometry well-suited to a variety of courses on this topic. For readers seeking an elementary text, the prerequisites are minimal and include plenty of examples and intermediate steps within proofs, while providing an invitation to more excursive applications and advanced topics. For readers bound for graduate school in math or physics, this is a clear, concise, rigorous development of the topic including the deep global theorems. For the benefit of all readers, the author employs various techniques to render the difficult abstract ideas herein more understandable and engaging.Over 300 color illustrations bring the mathematics to life, instantly clarifying concepts in ways that grayscale could not. Green-boxed definitions and purple-boxed theorems help to visually organize the mathematical content. Color is even used within the text to highlight logical relationships.Applications abound! The study of conformal and equiareal functions is grounded in its application to cartography. Evolutes, involutes and cycloids are introduced through Christiaan Huygens' fascinating story: in attempting to solve the famous longitude problem with a mathematically-improved pendulum clock, he invented mathematics that would later be applied to optics and gears. Clairaut’s Theorem is presented as a conservation law for angular momentum. Green’s Theorem makes possible a drafting tool called a planimeter. Foucault’s Pendulum helps one visualize a parallel vector field along a latitude of the earth. Even better, a south-pointing chariot helps one visualize a parallel vector field along any curve in any surface.In truth, the most profound application of differential geometry is to modern physics, which is beyond the scope of this book. The GPS in any car wouldn’t work without general relativity, formalized through the language of differential geometry. Throughout this book, applications, metaphors and visualizations are tools that motivate and clarify the rigorous mathematical content, but never replace it. Trade Review“This is the first textbook on mathematics that I see printed in color. … This book is not a usual textbook, but a very well written introduction to differential geometry, and the colors really help the reader in understanding the figures and navigating through the text. … this book will surely serve very well for students who want to learn differential geometry from the ground up no matter what their main learning goal is.” (Árpád Kurusa, Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum, Vol. 84 (1-2), 2018)“This book is perfect for undergraduate students. ... There is also plenty of figures, examples, exercises and applications which make the differential geometry of curves and surfaces so interesting and intuitive. The author uses a rich variety of colours and techniques that help to clarify difficult abstract concepts.” (Teresa Arias-Marco, zbMATH 1375.53001, 2018)“This is a visually appealing book, replete with many diagrams, lots of them in full color. … the author’s writing style is extremely clear and well-motivated. … this is still the book I would use as a text for a beginning course on this subject. It would not surprise me if it quickly becomes the market leader.” (Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews, July, 2017) Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Curves.- Additional topics in curves.- Surfaces.- The curvature of a surface.- Geodesics.- The Gauss–Bonnet theorem.- Appendix A: The topology of subsets of Rn.- Recommended excursions.- Index.
£43.99
Princeton University Press Morse Theory
Book SynopsisOne classical application of Morse theory includes the attempt to understand, with only limited information, the large-scale structure of an object. This kind of problem occurs in mathematical physics, dynamic systems, and mechanical engineering. This book offers an exposition of Morse theory by John Milnor, recipient of the Fields Medal in 1962.Trade Review"John Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters""John Willard Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematical Society"Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PART I. NON-DEGENERATE SMOOTH FUNCTIONS ON A MANIFOLD, pg. 1*PART II. A RAPID COURSE IN RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY, pg. 43*PART III. THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS APPLIED TO GEODESICS, pg. 67*PART IV. APPLICATIONS TO LIE GROUPS AND SYMMETRIC SPACES, pg. 109*APPENDIX. THE HOMOTOPY TYPE OF A MONOTONE UNION, pg. 149
£59.50
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Collected Works
Book SynopsisWhile Eugenio Calabi is best known for his contributions to the theory of Calabi-Yau manifolds, this Steele-Prize-winning geometer’s fundamental contributions to mathematics have been far broader and more diverse than might be guessed from this one aspect of his work. His works have deep influence and lasting impact in global differential geometry, mathematical physics and beyond. By bringing together 47 of Calabi’s important articles in a single volume, this book provides a comprehensive overview of his mathematical oeuvre, and includes papers on complex manifolds, algebraic geometry, Kähler metrics, affine geometry, partial differential equations, several complex variables, group actions and topology. The volume also includes essays on Calabi’s mathematics by several of his mathematical admirers, including S.K. Donaldson, B. Lawson and S.-T. Yau, Marcel Berger; and Jean Pierre Bourguignon. This book is intended for mathematicians and graduate students around the world. Calabi’s visionary contributions will certainly continue to shape the course of this subject far into the future.Trade Review“In my case, I spent several happy hours learning about affine differential geometry, something that would certainly never have happened if I had not picked up this volume. … The collected works of Eugenio Calabi are worthy of a place on the bookshelf of any person with a serious interest in differential geometry.” (Joel Fine, EMS Magazine, May 11, 2023)Table of ContentsPreface.- J.-P. Bourguignon, Eugenio Calabi’s Short Biography.- Bibliographic List of Works.- S.-T. Yau, An Essay on Eugenio Calabi.- Part I: Commentaries on Calabi’s Life and Work: B. Lawson, Reflections on the Early Work of Eugenio Calabi.- M. Berger, Encounter with a Geometer: Eugenio Calabi.- J.-P. Bourguignon, Eugenio Calabi and Kähler Metrics.- C. LeBrun, Eugenio Calabi and the Curvature of Kähler Manifolds.- X. Chen, S. Donaldson, Calabi’s Work on Affine Differential Geometry and Results of Bernstein Type.- Part II: Collected Works: E. Calabi ,Ar. Dvoretzky, Convergence- and Sum-Factors for Series of Complex Numbers (1951).- E. Calabi, D. C. Spencer, Completely Integrable Almost Complex Manifolds (1951).- E. Calabi, Metric Riemann Surfaces (1953).- E. Calabi, M. Rosenlicht, Complex Analytic Manifolds Without Countable Base (1953).- E. Calabi, B. Eckmann, A Class of Compact, Complex Manifolds Which Are Not Algebraic (1953).- E. Calabi, Isometric Imbedding of Complex Manifolds (1953).- E. Calabi, The Space of Kähler Metrics (1954).- E. Calabi, The Variation of Kähler Metrics I. The Structure of the Space (1954).- E. Calabi, The Variation of Kähler Metrics II. A Minimum Problem (1954).- E. Calabi, On Kähler Manifolds With Vanishing Canonical Class (1957).- E. Calabi, Construction and Properties of Some 6-Dimensional Almost Complex Manifolds (1958).- E. Calabi, Improper Affine Hyperspheres of Convex Type and a Generalization of a Theorem by K. Jörgens (1958).- E. Calabi, An Extension of E. Hopf’s Maximum Principle with an Application to Riemannian Geometry (1958).- E. Calabi, Errata: An Extension of E. Hopf’s Maximum Principle with an Application to Riemannian Geometry (1959).- E. Calabi, E. Vesentini, Sur les variétés complexes compactes localement symétriques (1959).- E. Calabi, E. Vesentini, On Compact, Locally Symmetric Kähler Manifolds (1960).- E. Calabi, On Compact, Riemannian Manifolds with Constant Curvature I. (1961).- E. Calabi, L. Markus Relativistic Space Forms (1962).- E. Calabi, Linear Systems of Real Quadratic Forms (1964).- E. Calabi, Quasi-Surjective Mappings and a Generalization of Morse Theory (1966).- E. Calabi, Minimal Immersions of Surfaces in Euclidean Spheres (1967).- E. Calabi, On Ricci Curvature and Geodesics (1967).- E. Calabi, On Differentiable Actions of Compact Lie Groups on Compact Manifolds (1968).- E. Calabi, An Intrinsic Characterization of Harmonic One-Forms (1969).- E. Calabi, On the Group of Automorphisms of a Symplectic Manifold (1970).- E. Calabi, P. Hartman, On the Smoothness of Isometries (1970).- E. Calabi, Examples of Bernstein Problems for Some Nonlinear Equations (1970).- E. Calabi, Über singuläre symplektische Strukturen (1971).- E. Calabi, Complete Affine Hyperspheres I (1972).- E. Calabi, A Construction of Nonhomogeneous Einstein Metrics (1975).- E. Calabi, H. S. Wilf, On the Sequential and Random Selection of Subspaces Over a Finite Field (1977).- E. Calabi, Métriques kählériennes et fibrés holomorphes (1978).- E. Calabi, Isometric Families of Kähler Structures (1980).- E. Calabi, Géométrie différentielle affine des hypersurfaces (1981).- E. Calabi, Linear Systems of Real Quadratic Forms II (1982).- E. Calabi, Extremal Kähler Metrics (1982).- E. Calabi, Hypersurfaces with Maximal Affinely Invariant Area (1982).- E. Calabi, Extremal Kähler Metrics II (1985).- E. Calabi, Convex Affine Maximal Surfaces (1988).- E. Calabi, Affine Differential Geometry and Holomorphic Curves (1990).- E. Calabi, J. Cao Simple Closed Geodesics on Convex Surfaces (1992).- F. Beukers, J. A. C. Kolk and E. Calabi, Sums of Generalized Harmonic Series and Volumes (1993).- E. Calabi and H. Gluck, What are the Best Almost-Complex Structures on the 6-Sphere? (1993).- E. Calabi, Extremal Isosystolic Metrics for Compact Surfaces (1996).- E. Calabi, P. J. Olver, A. Tannenbaum, Affine Geometry, Curve Flows, and Invariant Numerical Approximations (1996).- J.-P. Bourguignon, E. Calabi, J. Eells, O. Garcia-Prada, M. Gromov, Where Does Geometry Go? A Research and Education Perspective (2001).- E. Calabi, X. Chen, The Space of Kähler Metrics II (2002).- Acknowledgements.
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Cambridge University Press C8734Algebraic Geometry with Corners
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Cambridge University Press Constrained Willmore Surfaces
Book SynopsisFrom Bäcklund to Darboux, this monograph presents a comprehensive journey through the transformation theory of constrained Willmore surfaces, a topic of great importance in modern differential geometry and, in particular, in the field of integrable systems in Riemannian geometry. The first book on this topic, it discusses in detail a spectral deformation, Bäcklund transformations and Darboux transformations, and proves that all these transformations preserve the existence of a conserved quantity, defining, in particular, transformations within the class of constant mean curvature surfaces in 3-dimensional space-forms, with, furthermore, preservation of both the space-form and the mean curvature, and bridging the gap between different approaches to the subject, classical and modern. Clearly written with extensive references, chapter introductions and self-contained accounts of the core topics, it is suitable for newcomers to the theory of constrained Wilmore surfaces. Many detailed compTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. A bundle approach to conformal surfaces in space-forms; 2. The mean curvature sphere congruence; 3. Surfaces under change of flat metric connection; 4. Willmore surfaces; 5. The Euler–Lagrange constrained Willmore surface equation; 6. Transformations of generalized harmonic bundles and constrained Willmore surfaces; 7. Constrained Willmore surfaces with a conserved quantity; 8. Constrained Willmore surfaces and the isothermic surface condition; 9. The special case of surfaces in 4-space; Appendix A. Hopf differential and umbilics; Appendix B. Twisted vs. untwisted Bäcklund transformation parameters; References; Index.
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Oxford University Press Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy
Book SynopsisThe book starts with a thorough introduction to connections and holonomy groups, and to Riemannian, complex and Kähler geometry. Then the Calabi conjecture is proved and used to deduce the existence of compact manifolds with holonomy SU(m) (Calabi-Yau manifolds) and Sp(m) (hyperkähler manifolds). These are constructed and studied using complex algebraic geometry. The second half of the book is devoted to constructions of compact 7- and 8-manifolds with the exceptional holonomy groups 92 and Spin(7). Many new examples are given, and their Betti numbers calculated. The first known examples of these manifolds were discovered by the author in 1993-5. This is the first book to be written about them, and contains much previously unpublished material which significantly improves the original constructions.Trade ReviewThe book is written in a very clear and understandable way, with careful explanation of the main ideas and many remarks and comments, and it includes systematic suggestions for further reading ... It can be warmly recommended to mathematicians (in geometry and global analysis, in particular) as well as to physicists interested in string theory. * EMS *The first part is a very effective introduction to basic notions and results of modern differential geometry ... This book is highly recommended for people who are interested in the very recent developments of differential geometry and its relationships with present research in theoretical physics. * Zentralblatt MATH *
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