Differential geometry, Lie groups, and symmetric spaces over general base fields and rings / / Wolfgang Bertram

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480857603321
• Autore: Bertram Wolfgang <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2008]; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4704-0506-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Collana: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; number 900
• Disciplina: 510 s; 512/.482
• Soggetti: Infinite dimensional Lie algebras; Infinite-dimensional manifolds; Symmetric spaces; Geometry, Differential; 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 (pages 199-202).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Basic notions""; ""1. Differential calculus""; ""2. Manifolds""; ""3. Tangent bundle and general fiber bundles""; ""4. The Lie bracket of vector fields""; ""5. Lie groups and symmetric spaces: basic facts""; ""II. Interpretation of tangent objects via scalar extensions""; ""6. Scalar extensions. I: Tangent functor and dual numbers""; ""7. Scalar extensions. II: Higher order tangent functors""; ""8. Scalar extensions. Ill: Jet functor and truncated polynomial rings""; ""III. Second order differential geometry""; ""9. The structure of the tangent bundle of a vector bundle""""10. Linear connections. I: Linear structures on bilinear bundles""; ""11. Linear connections. II: Sprays""; ""12. Linear connections. Ill: Covariant derivative""; ""13. Natural operations. I: Exterior derivative of a one-form""; ""14. Natural operations. II: The Lie bracket revisited""; ""IV. Third and higher order differential geometry""; ""15. The structure of T[sup(k)]F: Multilinear bundles""; ""16. The structure of T[sup(k)]F: Multilinear connections""; ""17. Construction of multilinear ; connections""; ""18. Curvature""; ""19. Linear structures on jet bundles""""20. Shifts and symmetrization""; ""21. Remarks on differential operators and symbols""; ""22. The exterior derivative""; ""V. Lie Theory""; ""23. The three canonical connections of a Lie group""; ""24. The structure of higher order tangent groups""; ""25. Exponential map and Campbell-Hausdorff formula""; ""26. The canonical connection of a symmetric space""; ""27. The higher order tangent structure of symmetric spaces""; ""VI.Diffeomorphism Groups and the exponential jet""; ""28. Group structure on the space of sections of T[sup(k)]M""; ""29. The exponential jet for vector fields""""30. The exponential jet of a symmetric space""; ""31. Remarks on the exponential jet of a general connection""; ""32. From germs to jets and from jets to germs""; ""Appendix L. Limitations""; ""Appendix G. Generalizations""; ""Appendix: Multilinear Geometry""; ""BA. Bilinear algebra""; ""MA. Multilinear algebra""; ""SA. Symmetric and shift invariant multilinear algebra""; ""PG. Polynomial groups""; ""References""