1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154743303321

Autore

Mostow G. Daniel

Titolo

Strong Rigidity of Locally Symmetric Spaces. (AM-78), Volume 78 / / G. Daniel Mostow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016]

©1974

ISBN

1-4008-8183-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages)

Collana

Annals of Mathematics Studies ; ; 247

Disciplina

516/.36

Soggetti

Riemannian manifolds

Symmetric spaces

Lie groups

Rigidity (Geometry)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- §1. Introduction -- §2. Algebraic Preliminaries -- §3. The Geometry of χ : Preliminaries -- §4. A Metric Definition of the Maximal Boundary -- §5. Polar Parts -- §6. A Basic Inequality -- §7. Geometry of Neighboring Flats -- §8. Density Properties of Discrete Subgroups -- §8. Density Properties of Discrete Subgroups -- § 10. Pseudo Isometries of Simply Connected Spaces with Negative Curvature -- §11. Polar Regular Elements in Co-Compact Γ -- § 12. Pseudo-Isometric Invariance of Semi-Simple and Unipotent Elements -- §13. The Basic Approximation -- §14. The Map ∅̅ -- §15. The Boundary Map ∅0 -- §16. Tits Geometries -- §17. Rigidity for R-rank > 1 -- §18. The Restriction to Simple Groups -- §19. Spaces of R-rank 1 -- §20. The Boundary Semi-Metric -- §21. Quasi-Conformal Mappings Over K and Absolute Continuity on Almost All R-Circles -- §22. The Effect of Ergodicity -- §23. R-Rank 1 Rigidity Proof Concluded -- §24. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Locally symmetric spaces are generalizations of spaces of constant curvature. In this book the author presents the proof of a remarkable phenomenon, which he calls "strong rigidity": this is a stronger form of the deformation rigidity that has been investigated by Selberg, Calabi-



Vesentini, Weil, Borel, and Raghunathan.The proof combines the theory of semi-simple Lie groups, discrete subgroups, the geometry of E. Cartan's symmetric Riemannian spaces, elements of ergodic theory, and the fundamental theorem of projective geometry as applied to Tit's geometries. In his proof the author introduces two new notions having independent interest: one is "pseudo-isometries"; the other is a notion of a quasi-conformal mapping over the division algebra K (K equals real, complex, quaternion, or Cayley numbers). The author attempts to make the account accessible to readers with diverse backgrounds, and the book contains capsule descriptions of the various theories that enter the proof.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812882903321

Autore

MacKenzie Scott <1967->

Titolo

Films on ice : cinemas of the arctic / / Scott MacKenzie and Anna Westerstahl Stenport

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4744-1040-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 pages)

Collana

Traditions in World Cinema

Disciplina

810.8

Soggetti

American literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The first book to address the vast diversity of Northern circumpolar cinemas from a transnational perspective, Films on Ice: Cinemas of the Arctic presents the region as one of great and previously overlooked cinematic diversity.