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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808918903321

Autore

Falcitelli Maria <1954->

Titolo

Riemannian submersions and related topics / / Maria Falcitelli and Anna Maria Pastore, Stere Ianus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2004

ISBN

1-281-87229-6

9786611872298

981-256-233-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PastoreAnna Maria <1945->

IanusStere

Disciplina

516.3/6

Soggetti

Riemannian submersions

Geometry, Differential

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Riemannian Submersions and Related Topics; Preface; Contents; 1. Riemannian Submersions; 2. Submersions with Totally Geodesic Fibres; 3. Almost Hermitian Submersions; 4. Riemannian Submersions and Contact Metric Manifolds; 5. Einstein Spaces and Riemannian Submersions; 6. Riemannian Submersions and Submanifolds; 7. Semi-Riemannian Submersions; 8. Applications of Riemannian Submersions in Physics; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the first-ever systematic introduction to thetheory of Riemannian submersions, which was initiated by BarrettO'Neill and Alfred Gray less than four decades ago. The authorsfocus their attention on classification theorems when the total spaceand the fibres have nice geometric properties.