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Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy

Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dominic D. JoyceSeries:Oxford Mathematical MonographsPublish date:2000-09-21Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198506010ISBN-10:198506015UPC:9780198506010Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, TopologyBook Topic:Algebraic, Non-EuclideanSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.7417Product ID:SCCN2H2DG1
The book starts with a thorough introduction to connections and holonomy groups, and to Riemannian, complex and Kähler geometry. Then the Calabi conjecture is proved and used to deduce the existence of compact manifolds with holonomy SU(m) (Calabi-Yau manifolds) and Sp(m) (hyperkähler manifolds). These are constructed and studied using complex algebraic geometry. The second half of the book is devoted to constructions of compact 7- and 8-manifolds with the exceptional holonomy groups 92 and Spin(7). Many new examples are given, and their Betti numbers calculated. The first known examples of these manifolds were discovered by the author in 1993-5. This is the first book to be written about them, and contains much previously unpublished material which significantly improves the original constructions.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198506010ISBN-10:198506015UPC:9780198506010Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, TopologyBook Topic:Algebraic, Non-EuclideanSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 1.19 inchesWeight:1.7417Product ID:SCCN2H2DG1
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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