Pseudo-riemannian symmetric spaces / / M. Cahen, M. Parker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817226103321
• Autore: Cahen M (Michel), <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1980]; ©1980
• ISBN: 1-4704-0633-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Collana: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; ; number 229
• Disciplina: 516.3/62
• Soggetti: Symmetric spaces; Hermitian structures; Holonomy groups; Representations of algebras; Lie algebras
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Volume 24, number 229 (end of volume)."
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: pages 107-108.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter I. Pseudo-riemannian and pseudo-hermitian symmetric spaces""; ""Â 1. Pseudo-riemannian symmetric spaces""; ""Â 2. Pseudo-riemannian symmetric triples""; ""Â 3. Covering of symmetric spaces""; ""Â 4. Holonomy and the de Rham decomposition""; ""Â 5. Levi decomposition and reducibility""; ""Â 6. Pseudo-hermitian symmetric spaces""; ""Â 7. Levi factors""; ""Chapter II. Weakly irreducible spaces on which the action of the holonomy group is neither semi simple nor nilpotent""; ""Â 1. Decomposition of G into a direct sum of S-modules""; ""Â 2. Geometrical characterization of the subspaces X, P[sub(R)] and P[sub(S)]""""Â 3. Structure theorem for indecomposable PHSQ""; ""Â 4. Decomposition of V into minimal S-Ï?-stable subspaces""; ""Chapter III. Structure of the spaces admitting a maximal parallel foliation with zero curvature""; ""Â 1. Algebras with minimal multiplication""; ""Â 2. Construction of PRST and PHSQ with minimal multiplication""; ""Â 3. Classification of PRST with minimal multiplication""; ""Â 4. Symmetric spaces with parallel distribution""; ""Chapter IV. Structure of the S-module Y""; ""Â 1. Real and complex representations""""Â 2. Orthogonal ; representations""; ""Â 3. Representations compatible with Ï?""; ""Â 4. Non singular S-irreducible subspaces V[sub(Ï?)]""; ""Â 5. Non singular S-reducible subspaces V[sub(Ï?)]""; ""Â 6. Totally isotropic subspaces V[sub(Ï?)] in duality""; ""Â 7. Ricci tensor and complex structure""; ""Chapter V. Construction of the admissible S-modules V[sub(Ï?)]""; ""Â 1. Reformulation of the conditions of chapter IV""; ""Â 2. Some examples""; ""Â 3. Classification of the S-modules with dim S = 3""; ""Chapter VI. Some examples of non minimal multiplication""""Â 1. Indecomposable PRST with Levi factor Sl(2,R)/R""; ""Â 2. Indecomposable PHSQ with Levi factor Sl(2,R)/So(2) or So(3)/'So{2)""; ""Chapter VII. Classification of the indecomposable PRST of dimension lower than 8""; ""Â 1. Preliminary lemmas""; ""Â 2. dim P = 4""; ""Â 3. dim P = 5""; ""Â 4. dim P = 6""; ""Â 5. dim P = 7""; ""Bibliography""