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Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Differential & Riemannian geometry
Noncommutative geometry combines themes from algebra, analysis and
geometry and has significant applications to physics. This book
focuses on cyclic theory, and is based upon the lecture courses by
Daniel G. Quillen at the University of Oxford from 1988-92, which
developed his own approach to the subject. The basic definitions,
examples and exercises provided here allow non-specialists and
students with a background in elementary functional analysis,
commutative algebra and differential geometry to get to grips with
the subject. Quillen's development of cyclic theory emphasizes
analogies between commutative and noncommutative theories, in which
he reinterpreted classical results of Hamiltonian mechanics,
operator algebras and differential graded algebras into a new
formalism. In this book, cyclic theory is developed from motivating
examples and background towards general results. Themes covered are
relevant to current research, including homomorphisms modulo powers
of ideals, traces on noncommutative differential forms, quasi-free
algebras and Chern characters on connections.
Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of
Einstein's general theory of relativity. There is strong evidence
of their existence through observation of active galactic nuclei,
including the centre of our galaxy, observations of gravitational
waves, and others. There exists a large scientific literature on
black holes, including many excellent textbooks at various levels.
However, most of these steer clear from the mathematical niceties
needed to make the theory of black holes a mathematical theory.
Those which maintain a high mathematical standard are either
focused on specific topics, or skip many details. The objective of
this book is to fill this gap and present a detailed,
mathematically oriented, extended introduction to the subject. The
book provides a wide background to the current research on all
mathematical aspects of the geometry of black hole spacetimes.
This text focuses on developing an intimate acquaintance with the
geometric meaning of curvature and thereby introduces and
demonstrates all the main technical tools needed for a more
advanced course on Riemannian manifolds. It covers proving the four
most fundamental theorems relating curvature and topology: the
Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, the Cartan-Hadamard Theorem, Bonnet's
Theorem, and a special case of the Cartan-Ambrose-Hicks Theorem.
This is a textbook on differential geometry well-suited to a
variety of courses on this topic. For readers seeking an elementary
text, the prerequisites are minimal and include plenty of examples
and intermediate steps within proofs, while providing an invitation
to more excursive applications and advanced topics. For readers
bound for graduate school in math or physics, this is a clear,
concise, rigorous development of the topic including the deep
global theorems. For the benefit of all readers, the author employs
various techniques to render the difficult abstract ideas herein
more understandable and engaging. Over 300 color illustrations
bring the mathematics to life, instantly clarifying concepts in
ways that grayscale could not. Green-boxed definitions and
purple-boxed theorems help to visually organize the mathematical
content. Color is even used within the text to highlight logical
relationships. Applications abound! The study of conformal and
equiareal functions is grounded in its application to cartography.
Evolutes, involutes and cycloids are introduced through Christiaan
Huygens' fascinating story: in attempting to solve the famous
longitude problem with a mathematically-improved pendulum clock, he
invented mathematics that would later be applied to optics and
gears. Clairaut's Theorem is presented as a conservation law for
angular momentum. Green's Theorem makes possible a drafting tool
called a planimeter. Foucault's Pendulum helps one visualize a
parallel vector field along a latitude of the earth. Even better, a
south-pointing chariot helps one visualize a parallel vector field
along any curve in any surface. In truth, the most profound
application of differential geometry is to modern physics, which is
beyond the scope of this book. The GPS in any car wouldn't work
without general relativity, formalized through the language of
differential geometry. Throughout this book, applications,
metaphors and visualizations are tools that motivate and clarify
the rigorous mathematical content, but never replace it.
This textbook offers a concise introduction to spectral theory,
designed for newcomers to functional analysis. Curating the content
carefully, the author builds to a proof of the spectral theorem in
the early part of the book. Subsequent chapters illustrate a
variety of application areas, exploring key examples in detail.
Readers looking to delve further into specialized topics will find
ample references to classic and recent literature. Beginning with a
brief introduction to functional analysis, the text focuses on
unbounded operators and separable Hilbert spaces as the essential
tools needed for the subsequent theory. A thorough discussion of
the concepts of spectrum and resolvent follows, leading to a
complete proof of the spectral theorem for unbounded self-adjoint
operators. Applications of spectral theory to differential
operators comprise the remaining four chapters. These chapters
introduce the Dirichlet Laplacian operator, Schroedinger operators,
operators on graphs, and the spectral theory of Riemannian
manifolds. Spectral Theory offers a uniquely accessible
introduction to ideas that invite further study in any number of
different directions. A background in real and complex analysis is
assumed; the author presents the requisite tools from functional
analysis within the text. This introductory treatment would suit a
functional analysis course intended as a pathway to linear PDE
theory. Independent later chapters allow for flexibility in
selecting applications to suit specific interests within a
one-semester course.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Submanifold
theory, focusing on general properties of isometric and conformal
immersions of Riemannian manifolds into space forms. One main theme
is the isometric and conformal deformation problem for submanifolds
of arbitrary dimension and codimension. Several relevant classes of
submanifolds are also discussed, including constant curvature
submanifolds, submanifolds of nonpositive extrinsic curvature,
conformally flat submanifolds and real Kaehler submanifolds. This
is the first textbook to treat a substantial proportion of the
material presented here. The first chapters are suitable for an
introductory course on Submanifold theory for students with a basic
background on Riemannian geometry. The remaining chapters could be
used in a more advanced course by students aiming at initiating
research on the subject, and are also intended to serve as a
reference for specialists in the field.
This book provides a systematic presentation of the mathematical
foundation of modern physics with applications particularly within
classical mechanics and the theory of relativity. Written to be
self-contained, this book provides complete and rigorous proofs of
all the results presented within. Among the themes illustrated in
the book are differentiable manifolds, differential forms, fiber
bundles and differential geometry with non-trivial applications
especially within the general theory of relativity. The emphasis is
upon a systematic and logical construction of the mathematical
foundations. It can be used as a textbook for a pure mathematics
course in differential geometry, assuming the reader has a good
understanding of basic analysis, linear algebra and point set
topology. The book will also appeal to students of theoretical
physics interested in the mathematical foundation of the theories.
I tell about different mathematical tool that is important in
general relativity. The text of the book includes definition of
geometric object, concept of reference frame, geometry of
metric\hyph affinne manifold. Using this concept I learn dynamics
in general relativity. We call a manifold with torsion and
nonmetricity the metric\hyph affine manifold. The nonmetricity
leads to a difference between the auto parallel line and the
extreme line, and to a change in the expression of the Frenet
transport. The torsion leads to a change in the Killing equation.
We also need to add a similar equation for the connection. The
dynamics of a particle follows to the Frenet transport. The
analysis of the Frenet transport leads to the concept of the Cartan
connection which is compatible with the metric tensor. We need
additional physical constraints to make a nonmetricity observable.
In this book, I explored differential equations for operation in
Lie group and for representations of group Lie in a vector space.
As in the field of "Invariant Distances and Metrics in Complex
Analysis" there was and is a continuous progress this is now the
second extended edition of the corresponding monograph. This
comprehensive book is about the study of invariant pseudodistances
(non-negative functions on pairs of points) and pseudometrics
(non-negative functions on the tangent bundle) in several complex
variables. It is an overview over a highly active research area at
the borderline between complex analysis, functional analysis and
differential geometry. New chapters are covering the Wu, Bergman
and several other metrics. The book considers only domains in Cn
and assumes a basic knowledge of several complex variables. It is a
valuable reference work for the expert but is also accessible to
readers who are knowledgeable about several complex variables. Each
chapter starts with a brief summary of its contents and continues
with a short introduction. It ends with an "Exercises" and a "List
of problems" section that gathers all the problems from the
chapter. The authors have been highly successful in giving a
rigorous but readable account of the main lines of development in
this area.
Dieses Buch ist eine Einfuhrung in die Differentialgeometrie und
ein passender Begleiter zum Differentialgeometrie-Modul (ein- und
zweisemestrig). Zunachst geht es um die klassischen Aspekte wie die
Geometrie von Kurven und Flachen, bevor dann hoherdimensionale
Flachen sowie abstrakte Mannigfaltigkeiten betrachtet werden. Die
Nahtstelle ist dabei das zentrale Kapitel "Die innere Geometrie von
Flachen." Dieses fuhrt den Leser bis hin zu dem beruhmten Satz von
Gauss-Bonnet, der ein entscheidendes Bindeglied zwischen lokaler
und globaler Geometrie darstellt. Die zweite Halfte des Buches ist
der Riemannschen Geometrie gewidmet. Den Abschluss bildet ein
Kapitel uber "Einstein-Raume," die eine grosse Bedeutung sowohl in
der "Reinen Mathematik" als auch in der Allgemeinen
Relativitatstheorie von A. Einstein haben. Es wird grosser Wert auf
Anschaulichkeit gelegt, was durch zahlreiche Abbildungen
unterstutzt wird. Bei der Neuauflage wurden einige zusatzliche
Losungen zu denUbungsaufgaben erganzt."
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