Geometry and Algebra of Multidimensional Three-Webs

Geometry and Algebra of Multidimensional Three-Webs
Author: M. Akivis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401124027

This monograph, which is the first to be devoted to the geometry of multidimensional three-webs, presents the classical adn up-to-date results of the theory, and those parts of geometry and algebra which are closely connected with it. Many problems of the theory of smooth quasigroups and loops are considered. In addition to the general theory of webs, important classes of special webs are also studied. The volume contains eight chapters dealing with geometric and algebraic structures associated with three-webs, transversally geodesic and isoclinic three-webs, Bol and Moufang three-webs, closed G-structures, automorphisms of three-webs, the geometry of the fourth-order differential neighborhood of a multidimensional three-web, and d-webs of codimension r. The book concludes with some appendices and a comprehensive bibliography. This volume will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers working in the areas of differential and algebraic geometry and algebra.

Handbook of Differential Geometry, Volume 1

Handbook of Differential Geometry, Volume 1
Author: F.J.E. Dillen
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1067
Release: 1999-12-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080532837

In the series of volumes which together will constitute the Handbook of Differential Geometry a rather complete survey of the field of differential geometry is given. The different chapters will both deal with the basic material of differential geometry and with research results (old and recent). All chapters are written by experts in the area and contain a large bibliography.

An Invitation to Web Geometry

An Invitation to Web Geometry
Author: Jorge Vitório Pereira
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2015-02-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319145622

This book takes an in-depth look at abelian relations of codimension one webs in the complex analytic setting. In its classical form, web geometry consists in the study of webs up to local diffeomorphisms. A significant part of the theory revolves around the concept of abelian relation, a particular kind of functional relation among the first integrals of the foliations of a web. Two main focuses of the book include how many abelian relations can a web carry and which webs are carrying the maximal possible number of abelian relations. The book offers complete proofs of both Chern’s bound and Trépreau’s algebraization theorem, including all the necessary prerequisites that go beyond elementary complex analysis or basic algebraic geometry. Most of the examples known up to date of non-algebraizable planar webs of maximal rank are discussed in detail. A historical account of the algebraization problem for maximal rank webs of codimension one is also presented.

Elie Cartan (1869-1951)

Elie Cartan (1869-1951)
Author: M. A. Akivis
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2011-07-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821853554

This book describes the life and achievements of the great French mathematician, Elie Cartan. Here readers will find detailed descriptions of Cartan's discoveries in Lie groups and algebras, associative algebras, differential equations, and differential geometry, as well of later developments stemming from his ideas. There is also a biographical sketch of Cartan's life. A monumental tribute to a towering figure in the history of mathematics, this book will appeal to mathematicians and historians alike.

A User's Guide to Algebraic Topology

A User's Guide to Algebraic Topology
Author: C. T. J. Dodson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1997-01-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780792342939

This book arose from courses taught by the authors, and is designed for both instructional and reference use during and after a first course in algebraic topology. It is a handbook for users who want to calculate, but whose main interests are in applications using the current literature, rather than in developing the theory. Typical areas of applications are differential geometry and theoretical physics. We start gently, with numerous pictures to illustrate the fundamental ideas and constructions in homotopy theory that are needed in later chapters. We show how to calculate homotopy groups, homology groups and cohomology rings of most of the major theories, exact homotopy sequences of fibrations, some important spectral sequences, and all the obstructions that we can compute from these. Our approach is to mix illustrative examples with those proofs that actually develop transferable calculational aids. We give extensive appendices with notes on background material, extensive tables of data, and a thorough index. Audience: Graduate students and professionals in mathematics and physics.

Geometry of Vector Sheaves

Geometry of Vector Sheaves
Author: Anastasios Mallios
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1998
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780792350040

This text is part of a two-volume monograph which obtains fundamental notions and results of the standard differential geometry of smooth manifolds, without using differential calculus. Here, the sheaf-theoretic character is emphasized. This has theoretical advantages such as greater perspective, clarity and unification, but also practical benefits ranging from elementary particle physics, via gauge theories and theoretical cosmology (differential spaces), to non-linear PDEs (generalized functions). Thus, more general applications, which are no longer smooth in the classical sense, can be coped with. The treatise might also be construed as a new systematic endeavour to confront the ever-increasing notion that the world around us is far from being smooth enough.

New Developments in Differential Geometry

New Developments in Differential Geometry
Author: L. Tamássy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9400901496

Proceedings of the Colloquium on Differential Geometry, Debrecen, Hungary, July 26-30, 1994

Hamiltonian Mechanical Systems and Geometric Quantization

Hamiltonian Mechanical Systems and Geometric Quantization
Author: Mircea Puta
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401119929

This volume presents various aspects of the geometry of symplectic and Poisson manifolds, and applications in Hamiltonian mechanics and geometric quantization are indicated. Chapter 1 presents some general facts about symplectic vector space, symplectic manifolds and symplectic reduction. Chapter 2 deals with the study of Hamiltonian mechanics. Chapter 3 considers some standard facts concerning Lie groups and algebras which lead to the theory of momentum mappings and the Marsden--Weinstein reduction. Chapters 4 and 5 consider the theory and the stability of equilibrium solutions of Hamilton--Poisson mechanical systems. Chapters 6 and 7 are devoted to the theory of geometric quantization. This leads, in Chapter 8, to topics such as foliated cohomology, the theory of the Dolbeault--Kostant complex, and their applications. A discussion of the relation between geometric quantization and the Marsden--Weinstein reduction is presented in Chapter 9. The final chapter considers extending the theory of geometric quantization to Poisson manifolds, via the theory of symplectic groupoids. Each chapter concludes with problems and solutions, many of which present significant applications and, in some cases, major theorems. For graduate students and researchers whose interests and work involve symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian mechanics.

Nonlinear Waves and Weak Turbulence

Nonlinear Waves and Weak Turbulence
Author: Vladimir Evgenʹevich Zakharov
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1998
Genre: Hamiltonian systems
ISBN: 9780821841136

This book is a collection of papers on dynamical and statistical theory of nonlinear wave propagation in dispersive conservative media. Emphasis is on waves on the surface of an ideal fluid and on Rossby waves in the atmosphere. Although the book deals mainly with weakly nonlinear waves, it is more than simply a description of standard perturbation techniques. The goal is to show that the theory of weakly interacting waves is naturally related to such areas of mathematics as Diophantine equations, differential geometry of waves, Poincare normal forms and the inverse scattering method.