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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349343303321

Autore

Calvaruso Giovanni

Titolo

Pseudo-Riemannian Homogeneous Structures / / by Giovanni Calvaruso, Marco Castrillón López

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-18152-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 pages)

Collana

Developments in Mathematics, , 1389-2177 ; ; 59

Disciplina

516.373

516.362

Soggetti

Geometry, Differential

Mathematical physics

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Topological groups

Lie groups

Differential Geometry

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

Topological Groups, Lie Groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 G-structures, holonomy and homogeneous spaces -- 2 Ambrose-Singer connections and homogeneous spaces -- 3 Locally homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds -- 4 Classification of homogeneous structures -- 5 Homogeneous structures of linear type -- 6 Reduction of homogeneous structures -- 7 Where all this fails: non-reductive homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an up-to-date presentation of homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian structures, an essential tool in the study of pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous spaces. Benefiting from large symmetry groups, these spaces are of high interest in Geometry and



Theoretical Physics. Since the seminal book by Tricerri and Vanhecke, the theory of homogeneous structures has been considerably developed and many applications have been found. The present work covers a gap in the literature of more than 35 years, presenting the latest contributions to the field in a modern geometric approach, with special focus on manifolds equipped with pseudo-Riemannian metrics. This unique reference on the topic will be of interest to researchers working in areas of mathematics where homogeneous spaces play an important role, such as Differential Geometry, Global Analysis, General Relativity, and Particle Physics.