Exotic smoothness and physics [[electronic resource] ] : differential topology and spacetime models / / Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Carl H. Brans |
Autore | Asselmeyer-Maluga Torsten |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 514.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BransCarl Henry <1935-> |
Soggetto topico |
Differential topology
Space and time - Mathematical models Mathematical physics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-12075-8
9786611120757 981-270-666-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction and Background; 2. Algebraic Tools for Topology; 3. Smooth Manifolds, Geometry; 4. Bundles, Geometry, Gauge Theory; 5. Gauge Theory and Moduli Space; 6. A Guide to the Classification of Manifolds; 7. Early Exotic Manifolds; 8. The First Results in Dimension Four; 9. Seiberg-Witten Theory: The Modern Approach; 10. Physical Implications; 11. From Differential Structures to Operator Algebras and Geometric Structures; Bibliography; Index |
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Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
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Exotic smoothness and physics [[electronic resource] ] : differential topology and spacetime models / / Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Carl H. Brans |
Autore | Asselmeyer-Maluga Torsten |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 514.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BransCarl Henry <1935-> |
Soggetto topico |
Differential topology
Space and time - Mathematical models Mathematical physics |
ISBN |
1-281-12075-8
9786611120757 981-270-666-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction and Background; 2. Algebraic Tools for Topology; 3. Smooth Manifolds, Geometry; 4. Bundles, Geometry, Gauge Theory; 5. Gauge Theory and Moduli Space; 6. A Guide to the Classification of Manifolds; 7. Early Exotic Manifolds; 8. The First Results in Dimension Four; 9. Seiberg-Witten Theory: The Modern Approach; 10. Physical Implications; 11. From Differential Structures to Operator Algebras and Geometric Structures; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783915103321 |
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Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
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Exotic smoothness and physics : differential topology and spacetime models / / Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Carl H. Brans |
Autore | Asselmeyer-Maluga Torsten |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
Disciplina | 514.72 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BransCarl Henry <1935-> |
Soggetto topico |
Differential topology
Space and time - Mathematical models Mathematical physics |
ISBN |
1-281-12075-8
9786611120757 981-270-666-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction and Background; 2. Algebraic Tools for Topology; 3. Smooth Manifolds, Geometry; 4. Bundles, Geometry, Gauge Theory; 5. Gauge Theory and Moduli Space; 6. A Guide to the Classification of Manifolds; 7. Early Exotic Manifolds; 8. The First Results in Dimension Four; 9. Seiberg-Witten Theory: The Modern Approach; 10. Physical Implications; 11. From Differential Structures to Operator Algebras and Geometric Structures; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817299903321 |
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The geometry of special relativity / / Tevian Dray |
Autore | Dray Tevian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Space and time - Mathematical models |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-08655-5
1-4665-1048-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Physics of Special Relativity; 3. Circle Geometry; 4. Hyperbola Geometry; 5. The Geometry of Special Relativity; 6. Applications; 7. Problems I; 8. Paradoxes; 9. Relativistic Mechanics; 10. Problems II; 11. Relativistic Electromagnetism; 12. Problems III; 13. Beyond Special Relativity; 14. Hyperbolic Geometry; 15. Calculus; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453025403321 |
Dray Tevian
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Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 | ||
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The Kerr spacetime : rotating black holes in general relativity / edited by David L. Wiltshire, Matt Visser, Susan M. Scott |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xvi, 362 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 523.8/875 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Wiltshire, David Lauri
Visser, Matt Scott, Susan |
Soggetto (Persona) | Kerr, Roy P. |
Soggetto topico |
Kerr black holes
Black holes (Astronomy) - Mathematical models Space and time - Mathematical models |
ISBN | 9780521885126 |
Classificazione |
LC QB843.B55
52.9.5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000367899707536 |
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 | ||
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Qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning [[electronic resource] /] / Gérard Ligozat |
Autore | Ligozat Gérard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K., : ISTE |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (539 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.3 |
Collana | ISTE |
Soggetto topico |
Qualitative reasoning
Spatial analysis (Statistics) Space and time - Mathematical models Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
ISBN |
1-118-60156-4
1-118-60145-9 1-118-60137-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction. Qualitative Reasoning; Chapter 1. Allen's Calculus; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. ""The mystery of the dark room""; 1.1.2. Contributions of Allen's formalism; 1.2. Allen's interval relations; 1.2.1. Basic relations; 1.2.2. Disjunctive relations; 1.3. Constraint networks; 1.3.1. Definition; 1.3.2. Expressiveness; 1.3.3. Consistency; 1.4. Constraint propagation; 1.4.1. Operations: inversion and composition; 1.4.2. Composition table; 1.4.3. Allen's algebra; 1.4.4. Algebraic closure
1.4.5. Enforcing algebraic closure 1.5. Consistency tests; 1.5.1. The case of atomic networks; 1.5.2. Arbitrary networks; 1.5.3. Determining polynomial subsets; Chapter 2. Polynomial Subclasses of Allen's Algebra; 2.1. ""Show me a tractable relation!""; 2.2. Subclasses of Allen's algebra; 2.2.1. A geometrical representation of Allen's relations; 2.2.2. Interpretation in terms of granularity; 2.2.3. Convex and pre-convex relations; 2.2.4. The lattice of Allen's basic relations; 2.2.5. Tractability of convex relations; 2.2.6. Pre-convex relations; 2.2.7. Polynomiality of pre-convex relations 2.2.8. ORD-Horn relations 2.3. Maximal tractable subclasses of Allen's algebra; 2.3.1. An alternative characterization of pre-convex relations; 2.3.2. The other maximal polynomial subclasses; 2.4. Using polynomial subclasses; 2.4.1. Ladkin an Reinefeld's algorithm; 2.4.2. Empirical study of the consistency problem; 2.5. Models of Allen's language; 2.5.1. Representations of Allen's algebra; 2.5.2. Representations of the time-point algebra; 2.5.3. א0-categoricity of Allen's algebra; 2.6. Historical note; Chapter 3.neralized Intervals; 3.1. ""When they built the bridge" 3.1.1. Towards generalized intervals 3.2. Entities and relations; 3.3. The lattice of basic (p, q)-relations; 3.4. Regions associated with basic (p, q)-relations; 3.4.1. Associated polytopes; 3.4.2. M-convexity of the basic relations; 3.5. Inversion and composition; 3.5.1. Inversion; 3.5.2. Composition; 3.5.3. The algebras of generalized intervals; 3.6. Subclasses of relations: convex and pre-convex relations; 3.6.1. (p, q)-relations; 3.6.2. Convex relations; 3.6.3. Pre-convex relations; 3.7. Constraint networks; 3.8. Tractability of strongly pre-convex relations; 3.8.1. ORD-Horn relations 3.9. Conclusions 3.10. Historical note; Chapter 4. Binary Qualitative Formalisms; 4.1. ""Night driving""; 4.1.1. Parameters; 4.1.2. A panorama of the presented formalisms; 4.2. Directed points in dimension 1; 4.2.1. Operations; 4.2.2. Constraint networks; 4.2.3. Networks reducible to point networks; 4.2.4. Arbitrary directed point networks; 4.3. Directed intervals; 4.3.1. Operations; 4.3.2. Constraint networks and complexity; 4.4. The OPRA direction calculi; 4.5. Dipole calculi; 4.6. The Cardinal direction calculus; 4.6.1. Convex and pre-convex relations; 4.6.2. Complexity 4.7. The Rectangle calculus |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141601003321 |
Ligozat Gérard
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London, U.K., : ISTE | ||
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Qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning / / Gérard Ligozat |
Autore | Ligozat Gérard |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, U.K., : ISTE |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (539 p.) |
Disciplina | 511.3 |
Collana | ISTE |
Soggetto topico |
Qualitative reasoning
Spatial analysis (Statistics) Space and time - Mathematical models Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
ISBN |
1-118-60156-4
1-118-60145-9 1-118-60137-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction. Qualitative Reasoning; Chapter 1. Allen's Calculus; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. ""The mystery of the dark room""; 1.1.2. Contributions of Allen's formalism; 1.2. Allen's interval relations; 1.2.1. Basic relations; 1.2.2. Disjunctive relations; 1.3. Constraint networks; 1.3.1. Definition; 1.3.2. Expressiveness; 1.3.3. Consistency; 1.4. Constraint propagation; 1.4.1. Operations: inversion and composition; 1.4.2. Composition table; 1.4.3. Allen's algebra; 1.4.4. Algebraic closure
1.4.5. Enforcing algebraic closure 1.5. Consistency tests; 1.5.1. The case of atomic networks; 1.5.2. Arbitrary networks; 1.5.3. Determining polynomial subsets; Chapter 2. Polynomial Subclasses of Allen's Algebra; 2.1. ""Show me a tractable relation!""; 2.2. Subclasses of Allen's algebra; 2.2.1. A geometrical representation of Allen's relations; 2.2.2. Interpretation in terms of granularity; 2.2.3. Convex and pre-convex relations; 2.2.4. The lattice of Allen's basic relations; 2.2.5. Tractability of convex relations; 2.2.6. Pre-convex relations; 2.2.7. Polynomiality of pre-convex relations 2.2.8. ORD-Horn relations 2.3. Maximal tractable subclasses of Allen's algebra; 2.3.1. An alternative characterization of pre-convex relations; 2.3.2. The other maximal polynomial subclasses; 2.4. Using polynomial subclasses; 2.4.1. Ladkin an Reinefeld's algorithm; 2.4.2. Empirical study of the consistency problem; 2.5. Models of Allen's language; 2.5.1. Representations of Allen's algebra; 2.5.2. Representations of the time-point algebra; 2.5.3. א0-categoricity of Allen's algebra; 2.6. Historical note; Chapter 3.neralized Intervals; 3.1. ""When they built the bridge" 3.1.1. Towards generalized intervals 3.2. Entities and relations; 3.3. The lattice of basic (p, q)-relations; 3.4. Regions associated with basic (p, q)-relations; 3.4.1. Associated polytopes; 3.4.2. M-convexity of the basic relations; 3.5. Inversion and composition; 3.5.1. Inversion; 3.5.2. Composition; 3.5.3. The algebras of generalized intervals; 3.6. Subclasses of relations: convex and pre-convex relations; 3.6.1. (p, q)-relations; 3.6.2. Convex relations; 3.6.3. Pre-convex relations; 3.7. Constraint networks; 3.8. Tractability of strongly pre-convex relations; 3.8.1. ORD-Horn relations 3.9. Conclusions 3.10. Historical note; Chapter 4. Binary Qualitative Formalisms; 4.1. ""Night driving""; 4.1.1. Parameters; 4.1.2. A panorama of the presented formalisms; 4.2. Directed points in dimension 1; 4.2.1. Operations; 4.2.2. Constraint networks; 4.2.3. Networks reducible to point networks; 4.2.4. Arbitrary directed point networks; 4.3. Directed intervals; 4.3.1. Operations; 4.3.2. Constraint networks and complexity; 4.4. The OPRA direction calculi; 4.5. Dipole calculi; 4.6. The Cardinal direction calculus; 4.6.1. Convex and pre-convex relations; 4.6.2. Complexity 4.7. The Rectangle calculus |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814774803321 |
Ligozat Gérard
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London, U.K., : ISTE | ||
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