Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy

Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy
Author: Dominic D. Joyce
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2000
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780198506010

This is a combination of a graduate textbook on Reimannian holonomy groups, and a research monograph on compact manifolds with the exceptional holonomy groups G2 and Spin (7). It contains much new research and many new examples.

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry
Author: Dominic D. Joyce
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2007
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 019921560X

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry covers an exciting and active area of research at the crossroads of several different fields in mathematics and physics. Drawing on the author's previous work the text has been written to explain the advanced mathematics involved simply and clearly to graduate students in both disciplines.

Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Related Geometries

Calabi-Yau Manifolds and Related Geometries
Author: Mark Gross
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642190049

This is an introduction to a very active field of research, on the boundary between mathematics and physics. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in geometry and string theory. Proofs or sketches are given for many important results. From the reviews: "An excellent introduction to current research in the geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds, hyper-Kähler manifolds, exceptional holonomy and mirror symmetry....This is an excellent and useful book." --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Strings and Geometry

Strings and Geometry
Author: Clay Mathematics Institute. Summer School
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821837153

Contains selection of expository and research article by lecturers at the school. Highlights current interests of researchers working at the interface between string theory and algebraic supergravity, supersymmetry, D-branes, the McKay correspondence andFourer-Mukai transform.

Lectures and Surveys on G2-Manifolds and Related Topics

Lectures and Surveys on G2-Manifolds and Related Topics
Author: Spiro Karigiannis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2020-05-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1071605771

This book, one of the first on G2 manifolds in decades, collects introductory lectures and survey articles largely based on talks given at a workshop held at the Fields Institute in August 2017, as part of the major thematic program on geometric analysis. It provides an accessible introduction to various aspects of the geometry of G2 manifolds, including the construction of examples, as well as the intimate relations with calibrated geometry, Yang-Mills gauge theory, and geometric flows. It also features the inclusion of a survey on the new topological and analytic invariants of G2 manifolds that have been recently discovered. The first half of the book, consisting of several introductory lectures, is aimed at experienced graduate students or early career researchers in geometry and topology who wish to familiarize themselves with this burgeoning field. The second half, consisting of numerous survey articles, is intended to be useful to both beginners and experts in the field.

The Shape of Inner Space

The Shape of Inner Space
Author: Shing-Tung Yau
Publisher: Il Saggiatore
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0465020232

The leading mind behind the mathematics of string theory discusses how geometry explains the universe we see. Illustrations.

Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition

Analysis, Manifolds and Physics Revised Edition
Author: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 666
Release: 1982
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780444860170

This reference book, which has found wide use as a text, provides an answer to the needs of graduate physical mathematics students and their teachers. The present edition is a thorough revision of the first, including a new chapter entitled ``Connections on Principle Fibre Bundles'' which includes sections on holonomy, characteristic classes, invariant curvature integrals and problems on the geometry of gauge fields, monopoles, instantons, spin structure and spin connections. Many paragraphs have been rewritten, and examples and exercises added to ease the study of several chapters. The index includes over 130 entries.

Submanifolds and Holonomy

Submanifolds and Holonomy
Author: Jurgen Berndt
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1482245167

Submanifolds and Holonomy, Second Edition explores recent progress in the submanifold geometry of space forms, including new methods based on the holonomy of the normal connection. This second edition reflects many developments that have occurred since the publication of its popular predecessor.New to the Second EditionNew chapter on normal holonom