Four-Dimensional Manifolds and Projective Structure

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-90042-7
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Topologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Zahlentheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Algebra, Topology and Geometry. 1.1. Notation. 1.2. Groups. 1.3. Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations. 1.4. Dual Spaces and Bilinear Forms. 1.5. Eigen-structure, Jordan Canonical Forms and Segre Types. 1.6. Lie algebras. 1.7. Topology. 1.8. Euclidean Geometry. 2. Manifold Theory. 2.1. Manifolds. 2.2. The Manifold Topology. 2.3. Vectors, Tensors and their Associated Bundles. 2.4. Vector and Tensor Fields. 2.5. Derived Maps and Pullbacks. 2.6. Integral Curves of Vector Fields. 2.7. Submanifolds and Quotient Manifolds. 2.8. Distributions. 2.9. Linear Connections and Curvature. 2.10. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras. 2.11. The Exponential Map for G. 2.12. Covering Manifolds. 2.13. Holonomy Theory. 3. Four-Dimensional Manifolds. 3.1. Metrics on 4-dimensional Manifolds. 3.2. The Connection, the Curvature and Associated Tensors. 3.3. Algebraic Remarks, Bivectors and Duals. 3.4. The Positive Definite Case and Tensor Classification. 3.5. The Curvature and Weyl Conformal Tensor. 3.6. The Lie Algebra o(4). 3.7. The holonomy structure of (M,g). 3.8. Curvature and Metric. 3.9. Sectional Curvature. 3.10. The Ricci Flat Case. 4. Four-Dimensional Lorentz Manifolds. 4.1. Lorentz Tangent Space Geometry. 4.2. Classification of Second Order Tensors. 4.3. Bivectors in Lorentz Signature. 4.4. The Lorentz Algebra o(1,3) and Lorentz Group. 4.5. The Curvature and Weyl Conformal Tensors. 4.6. Curvature Structure. 4.7. Sectional Curvature. 4.8. The Ricci Flat (Vacuum) Case. 5. Four-Dimensional Manifolds of Neutral Signature. 5.1. Neutral Tangent Space Geometry. 5.2. Algebra and Geometry of Bivectors. 5.3. Classification of Symmetric Second Order Tensors. 5.4. Classification of Bivectors. 5.5. The Lie Algebra o(2,2). 5.6. The Curvature Tensor. 5.7. The Weyl Conformal Tensor I. 5.8. The Weyl Conformal Tensor II. 5.9. Curvature Structure. 5.10. Sectional Curvature. 5.11. The Ricci-Flat Case. 5.12. Algebraic Classification Revisited. 6. A Brief Di

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Hall, FRSE is Professor Emeritus in the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He received his PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1971 and came to Aberdeen in 1973. He also served as the Head of department at the University of Aberdeen from 1992 – 1995. His interests lie in classical mathematical relativity theory and differential geometry. He is the author of the text Symmetries and Curvature Structure in General Relativity (World Scientific, 2004) and has contributed to, or edited, several other texts. He has also delivered over 200 invited talks on these topics at many universities and academies in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and Australasia and has published over 180 papers in scientific research journals.
Dr Hall is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal Astronomical Society and serves on the editorial board of many scientific research journals worldwide.