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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456900103321

Autore

De Paris Alessandro

Titolo

Fat manifolds and linear connections [[electronic resource] /] / Alessandro De Paris, Alexandre Vinogradov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44094-2

9786612440946

981-281-905-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VinogradovA. M (Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich)

Disciplina

515/.33

516.35

Soggetti

Differential calculus

Commutative algebra

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Algebras, Linear

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Foreword; Contents; 0. Elements of Differential Calculus over Commutative Algebras; 1. Basic Differential Calculus on Fat Manifolds; 2. Linear Connections; 3. Covariant Differential; 4. Cohomological Aspects of Linear Connections; Bibliography; List of Symbols; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this unique book, written in a reasonably self-contained manner, the theory of linear connections is systematically presented as a natural part of differential calculus over commutative algebras. This not only makes easy and natural numerous generalizations of the classical theory and reveals various new aspects of it, but also shows in a clear and transparent manner the intrinsic structure of the associated differential calculus. The notion of a "fat manifold" introduced here then allows the reader to build a well-working analogy of this "connection calculus" with the usual one.