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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003574599707536

Autore

Schäfer, Lars

Titolo

Nearly Pseudo-Kähler Manifolds and Related Special Holonomies [e-book] / by Lars Schäfer

ISBN

9783319658070

3319658077

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 183 pages)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 2201

Classificazione

AMS 53C10

Disciplina

516.36

Soggetti

Kählerian manifolds

Holonomy groups

Geometry, Differential

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Preface ; Chapter 1.  Introduction ; Chapter 2. Preliminaries ; Chapter 3. Nearly pseudo-Kähler and nearly para-Kähler manifolds ; Chapter 4. Hitchin's flow equations ; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Developing and providing an overview of recent results on nearly Kähler geometry on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, this monograph emphasizes the differences with the classical Riemannian geometry setting. The focal objects of the text are related to special holonomy and Killing spinors and have applications in high energy physics, such as supergravity and string theory. Before starting into the field, a self-contained introduction to the subject is given, aimed at students with a solid background in differential geometry. The book will therefore be accessible to masters and Ph.D. students who are beginning work on nearly Kähler geometry in pseudo-Riemannian signature, and also to non-experts interested in gaining an overview of the subject.  Moreover, a number of results and techniques are provided which will be helpful for differential geometers as well as for high energy physicists interested in the mathematical background of the geometric objects they need