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.

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry

Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry
Author: Dominic D. Joyce
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007-02-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0191526975

This graduate level text covers an exciting and active area of research at the crossroads of several different fields in Mathematics and Physics. In Mathematics it involves Differential Geometry, Complex Algebraic Geometry, Symplectic Geometry, and in Physics String Theory and Mirror Symmetry. Drawing extensively on the author's previous work, the text explains the advanced mathematics involved simply and clearly to both mathematicians and physicists. Starting with the basic geometry of connections, curvature, complex and Kähler structures suitable for beginning graduate students, the text covers seminal results such as Yau's proof of the Calabi Conjecture, and takes the reader all the way to the frontiers of current research in calibrated geometry, giving many open problems.

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.

A Panoramic View of Riemannian Geometry

A Panoramic View of Riemannian Geometry
Author: Marcel Berger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 835
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642182453

This book introduces readers to the living topics of Riemannian Geometry and details the main results known to date. The results are stated without detailed proofs but the main ideas involved are described, affording the reader a sweeping panoramic view of almost the entirety of the field. From the reviews "The book has intrinsic value for a student as well as for an experienced geometer. Additionally, it is really a compendium in Riemannian Geometry." --MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

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.

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

Riemannian Geometry

Riemannian Geometry
Author: Peter Petersen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1475764340

Intended for a one year course, this volume serves as a single source, introducing students to the important techniques and theorems, while also containing enough background on advanced topics to appeal to those students wishing to specialise in Riemannian geometry. Instead of variational techniques, the author uses a unique approach, emphasising distance functions and special co-ordinate systems. He also uses standard calculus with some techniques from differential equations to provide a more elementary route. Many chapters contain material typically found in specialised texts, never before published in a single source. This is one of the few works to combine both the geometric parts of Riemannian geometry and the analytic aspects of the theory, while also presenting the most up-to-date research - including sections on convergence and compactness of families of manifolds. Thus, this book will appeal to readers with a knowledge of standard manifold theory, including such topics as tensors and Stokes theorem. Various exercises are scattered throughout the text, helping motivate readers to deepen their understanding of the subject.

Riemannian Geometry

Riemannian Geometry
Author: Peter Petersen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2016-03-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319266543

Intended for a one year course, this text serves as a single source, introducing readers to the important techniques and theorems, while also containing enough background on advanced topics to appeal to those students wishing to specialize in Riemannian geometry. This is one of the few Works to combine both the geometric parts of Riemannian geometry and the analytic aspects of the theory. The book will appeal to a readership that have a basic knowledge of standard manifold theory, including tensors, forms, and Lie groups. Important revisions to the third edition include: a substantial addition of unique and enriching exercises scattered throughout the text; inclusion of an increased number of coordinate calculations of connection and curvature; addition of general formulas for curvature on Lie Groups and submersions; integration of variational calculus into the text allowing for an early treatment of the Sphere theorem using a proof by Berger; incorporation of several recent results about manifolds with positive curvature; presentation of a new simplifying approach to the Bochner technique for tensors with application to bound topological quantities with general lower curvature bounds. From reviews of the first edition: "The book can be highly recommended to all mathematicians who want to get a more profound idea about the most interesting achievements in Riemannian geometry. It is one of the few comprehensive sources of this type." ―Bernd Wegner, ZbMATH