Algebraic Models in Geometry Paperback / softback
by Yves (, Professeur, Universite Catholique de Louvain) Felix, John (, Professor of Mathematics, Cleveland State University) Oprea, Daniel (, Professeur, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille) Tanre
Part of the Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics series
Paperback / softback
Description
Rational homotopy is a very powerful tool for differential topology and geometry.
This text aims to provide graduates and researchers with the tools necessary for the use of rational homotopy in geometry.
Algebraic Models in Geometry has been written for topologists who are drawn to geometrical problems amenable to topological methods and also for geometers who are faced with problems requiring topological approaches and thus need a simple and concrete introduction to rational homotopy.
This is essentially a book of applications. Geodesics, curvature, embeddings of manifolds, blow-ups, complex and Kähler manifolds, symplectic geometry, torus actions, configurations and arrangements are all covered.
The chapters related to these subjects act as an introduction to the topic, a survey, and a guide to the literature.
But no matter what the particular subject is, the central theme of the book persists; namely, there is a beautiful connection between geometry and rational homotopy which both serves to solve geometric problems and spur the development of topological methods.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:488 pages, 138 line diagrams
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:13/03/2008
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- ISBN:9780199206520
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:488 pages, 138 line diagrams
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:13/03/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199206520
