Introduction to geometry of manifolds with symmetry

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Introduction to geometry of manifolds with symmetry

by V.V. Trofimov

(Mathematics and its applications, v. 270)

Kluwer Academic, c1994

Other Title

Vvedenie v geometrii︠u︡ mnogoobraziĭ s simmetrii︠a︡mi

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This is an updated translation of the "Vvedenie v geometrii︠u︡ mnogoobraziĭ s simmetrii︠a︡mi", translated by G.G. Okuneva

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-322) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

One ofthe most important features of the development of physical and mathematical sciences in the beginning of the 20th century was the demolition of prevailing views of the three-dimensional Euclidean space as the only possible mathematical description of real physical space. Apriorization of geometrical notions and identification of physical 3 space with its mathematical modellR were characteristic for these views. The discovery of non-Euclidean geometries led mathematicians to the understanding that Euclidean geometry is nothing more than one of many logically admissible geometrical systems. Relativity theory amended our understanding of the problem of space by amalgamating space and time into an integral four-dimensional manifold. One of the most important problems, lying at the crossroad of natural sciences and philosophy is the problem of the structure of the world as a whole. There are a lot of possibilities for the topology offour dimensional space-time, and at first sight a lot of possibilities arise in cosmology. In principle, not only can the global topology of the universe be complicated, but also smaller scale topological structures can be very nontrivial. One can imagine two "usual" spaces connected with a "throat", making the topology of the union complicated.

Table of Contents

Notation. Preface. I: Elements of Differential Geometry. II: Lie Groups and Lie Algebras. III: Symmetric Spaces. IV: Smooth Vector Bundles and Characteristic Classes. V: Applications. Index. Bibliography.

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  • NCID
    BA21993569
  • ISBN
    • 0792325613
  • LCCN
    93043036
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 326 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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