Geometry of Principal Sheaves

Geometry of Principal Sheaves
Author: Efstathios Vassiliou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1402034164

The book provides a detailed introduction to the theory of connections on principal sheaves in the framework of Abstract Differential Geometry (ADG). This is a new approach to differential geometry based on sheaf theoretic methods, without use of ordinary calculus. This point of view complies with the demand of contemporary physics to cope with non-smooth models of physical phenomena and spaces with singularities. Starting with a brief survey of the required sheaf theory and cohomology, the exposition then moves on to differential triads (the abstraction of smooth manifolds) and Lie sheaves of groups (the abstraction of Lie groups). Having laid the groundwork, the main part of the book is devoted to the theory of connections on principal sheaves, incorporating connections on vector and associated sheaves. Topics such as the moduli sheaf of connections, classification of principal sheaves, curvature, flat connections and flat sheaves, Chern-Weil theory, are also treated. The study brings to light fundamental notions and tools of the standard differential geometry which are susceptible of the present abstraction, and whose role remains unexploited in the classical context, because of the abundance of means therein. However, most of the latter are nonsensical in ADG.

Modern Differential Geometry in Gauge Theories

Modern Differential Geometry in Gauge Theories
Author: Anastasios Mallios
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2009-10-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0817646345

Original, well-written work of interest Presents for the first time (physical) field theories written in sheaf-theoretic language Contains a wealth of minutely detailed, rigorous computations, ususally absent from standard physical treatments Author's mastery of the subject and the rigorous treatment of this text make it invaluable

Parametric Lie Group Actions on Global Generalised Solutions of Nonlinear PDEs

Parametric Lie Group Actions on Global Generalised Solutions of Nonlinear PDEs
Author: Elemer Elad Rosinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1998-10-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780792352327

Presents a solution of the harder part of the problem of defining globally arbitrary Lie group actions on such nonsmooth entities as generalized functions. This work addresses those who are interested in solving nonlinear PDEs, and in particular, in studying the Lie group symmetries of their classical or generalized solutions. This new method extends and completes earlier results of the author and collaborators, in which global Lie group actions on generalized functions were only defined in the case of projectable or fiber preserving Lie group actions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Moduli of Vector Bundles

Moduli of Vector Bundles
Author: Masaki Maruyama
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1000950700

"Contains papers presented at the 35th Taniguchi International Symposium held recently in Sanda and Kyoto, Japan. Details the latest developments concerning moduli spaces of vector bundles or instantons and their application. Covers a broad array of topics in both differential and algebraic geometry."