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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001798809707536

Autore

Hertrich-Jeromin, Udo

Titolo

Introduction to Möbius differential geometry / Udo Hertrich-Jeromin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003

ISBN

0521535697

Descrizione fisica

xi, 413 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Collana

London Mathematical Society lecture note series, 0076-0552 ; 300

Classificazione

AMS 53-XX

LC QA609.H47

Disciplina

516.36

Soggetti

Geometry, Differential

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-407) and index

Nota di contenuto

Contents: Preliminaries: the Riemannian point of view ; The projective model ; Application: conformally flat hypersurfaces ; Application: isothermic and Willmore surfaces ; A quaternionic model ; Application: smooth and discrete isothermic surfaces ; Clifford algebra model ; A Clifford algebra model: Vahlen matrices ; Applications: orthogonal systems, isothermic surfaces