Transformation Groups in Differential Geometry

Transformation Groups in Differential Geometry
Author: Shoshichi Kobayashi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642619819

Given a mathematical structure, one of the basic associated mathematical objects is its automorphism group. The object of this book is to give a biased account of automorphism groups of differential geometric struc tures. All geometric structures are not created equal; some are creations of ~ods while others are products of lesser human minds. Amongst the former, Riemannian and complex structures stand out for their beauty and wealth. A major portion of this book is therefore devoted to these two structures. Chapter I describes a general theory of automorphisms of geometric structures with emphasis on the question of when the automorphism group can be given a Lie group structure. Basic theorems in this regard are presented in §§ 3, 4 and 5. The concept of G-structure or that of pseudo-group structure enables us to treat most of the interesting geo metric structures in a unified manner. In § 8, we sketch the relationship between the two concepts. Chapter I is so arranged that the reader who is primarily interested in Riemannian, complex, conformal and projective structures can skip §§ 5, 6, 7 and 8. This chapter is partly based on lec tures I gave in Tokyo and Berkeley in 1965.

The Monodromy Group

The Monodromy Group
Author: Henryk Zoladek
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2006-08-10
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3764375361

In singularity theory and algebraic geometry, the monodromy group is embodied in the Picard-Lefschetz formula and the Picard-Fuchs equations. It has applications in the weakened 16th Hilbert problem and in mixed Hodge structures. There is a deep connection of monodromy theory with Galois theory of differential equations and algebraic functions. In covering these and other topics, this book underlines the unifying role of the monogropy group.

Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces

Differential Geometry, Lie Groups, and Symmetric Spaces
Author: Sigurdur Helgason
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 647
Release: 1979-02-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080873960

The present book is intended as a textbook and reference work on three topics in the title. Together with a volume in progress on "Groups and Geometric Analysis" it supersedes my "Differential Geometry and Symmetric Spaces," published in 1962. Since that time several branches of the subject, particularly the function theory on symmetric spaces, have developed substantially. I felt that an expanded treatment might now be useful.

Differential Geometric Structures

Differential Geometric Structures
Author: Walter A. Poor
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2015-04-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486151913

This introductory text defines geometric structure by specifying parallel transport in an appropriate fiber bundle and focusing on simplest cases of linear parallel transport in a vector bundle. 1981 edition.

The Geometry of Jordan and Lie Structures

The Geometry of Jordan and Lie Structures
Author: Wolfgang Bertram
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540444580

The geometry of Jordan and Lie structures tries to answer the following question: what is the integrated, or geometric, version of real Jordan algebras, - triple systems and - pairs? Lie theory shows the way one has to go: Lie groups and symmetric spaces are the geometric version of Lie algebras and Lie triple systems. It turns out that both geometries are closely related via a functor between them, called the Jordan-Lie functor, which is constructed in this book. The reader is not assumed to have any knowledge of Jordan theory; the text can serve as a self-contained introduction to (real finite-dimensional) Jordan theory.

Differential Geometry of Foliations

Differential Geometry of Foliations
Author: B.L. Reinhart
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642690157

Whoever you are! How can I but offer you divine leaves . . . ? Walt Whitman The object of study in modern differential geometry is a manifold with a differ ential structure, and usually some additional structure as well. Thus, one is given a topological space M and a family of homeomorphisms, called coordinate sys tems, between open subsets of the space and open subsets of a real vector space V. It is supposed that where two domains overlap, the images are related by a diffeomorphism, called a coordinate transformation, between open subsets of V. M has associated with it a tangent bundle, which is a vector bundle with fiber V and group the general linear group GL(V). The additional structures that occur include Riemannian metrics, connections, complex structures, foliations, and many more. Frequently there is associated to the structure a reduction of the group of the tangent bundle to some subgroup G of GL(V). It is particularly pleasant if one can choose the coordinate systems so that the Jacobian matrices of the coordinate transformations belong to G. A reduction to G is called a G-structure, which is called integrable (or flat) if the condition on the Jacobians is satisfied. The strength of the integrability hypothesis is well-illustrated by the case of the orthogonal group On. An On-structure is given by the choice of a Riemannian metric, and therefore exists on every smooth manifold.