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| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds Raymond O. Wells, 2007-12-06 In developing the tools necessary for the study of complex manifolds, this comprehensive, well-organized treatment presents in its opening chapters a detailed survey of recent progress in four areas: geometry (manifolds with vector bundles), algebraic topology, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Subsequent chapters then develop such topics as Hermitian exterior algebra and the Hodge *-operator, harmonic theory on compact manifolds, differential operators on a Kahler manifold, the Hodge decomposition theorem on compact Kahler manifolds, the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations on Kahler manifolds, Griffiths's period mapping, quadratic transformations, and Kodaira's vanishing and embedding theorems. The third edition of this standard reference contains a new appendix by Oscar Garcia-Prada which gives an overview of the developments in the field during the decades since the book appeared. From a review of the 2nd Edition: “..the new edition ofProfessor Wells' book is timely and welcome...an excellent introduction for any mathematician who suspects that complex manifold techniques may be relevant to his work.” Nigel Hitchin, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society “Its purpose is to present the basics of analysis and geometry on compact complex manifolds, and is already one of the standard sources for this material.” |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds R. O. Wells, 2013-04-17 In developing the tools necessary for the study of complex manifolds, this comprehensive, well-organized treatment presents in its opening chapters a detailed survey of recent progress in four areas: geometry (manifolds with vector bundles), algebraic topology, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Subsequent chapters then develop such topics as Hermitian exterior algebra and the Hodge *-operator, harmonic theory on compact manifolds, differential operators on a Kahler manifold, the Hodge decomposition theorem on compact Kahler manifolds, the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations on Kahler manifolds, Griffiths's period mapping, quadratic transformations, and Kodaira's vanishing and embedding theorems. The third edition of this standard reference contains a new appendix by Oscar Garcia-Prada which gives an overview of certain developments in the field during the decades since the book first appeared. From reviews of the 2nd Edition: ..the new edition of Professor Wells' book is timely and welcome...an excellent introduction for any mathematician who suspects that complex manifold techniques may be relevant to his work. - Nigel Hitchin, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society Its purpose is to present the basics of analysis and geometry on compact complex manifolds, and is already one of the standard sources for this material. - Daniel M. Burns, Jr., Mathematical Reviews |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds Raymond O. Wells, 2007-10-31 A brand new appendix by Oscar Garcia-Prada graces this third edition of a classic work. In developing the tools necessary for the study of complex manifolds, this comprehensive, well-organized treatment presents in its opening chapters a detailed survey of recent progress in four areas: geometry (manifolds with vector bundles), algebraic topology, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Wells’s superb analysis also gives details of the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations on Kahler manifolds, Griffiths's period mapping, quadratic transformations, and Kodaira's vanishing and embedding theorems. Oscar Garcia-Prada’s appendix gives an overview of the developments in the field during the decades since the book appeared. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds Raymond O. Wells, 2008-11-01 A brand new appendix by Oscar Garcia-Prada graces this third edition of a classic work. In developing the tools necessary for the study of complex manifolds, this comprehensive, well-organized treatment presents in its opening chapters a detailed survey of recent progress in four areas: geometry (manifolds with vector bundles), algebraic topology, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Wells’s superb analysis also gives details of the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations on Kahler manifolds, Griffiths's period mapping, quadratic transformations, and Kodaira's vanishing and embedding theorems. Oscar Garcia-Prada’s appendix gives an overview of the developments in the field during the decades since the book appeared. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds Raymond O'Neil Wells, 1980 In developing the tools necessary for the study of complex manifolds, this comprehensive, well-organized treatment presents in its opening chapters a detailed survey of recent progress in four areas: geometry (manifolds with vector bundles), algebraic topology, differential geometry, and partial differential equations. Subsequent chapters then develop such topics as Hermitian exterior algebra and the Hodge-operator, harmonic theory on compact manifolds, differential operators on a Kahler manifold, the Hodge decomposition theorem on compact Kahler manifolds, the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations on Kahler manifolds Griffiths's period mapping, quadratic transformations, and Kodaira's vanishing and embedding theorems. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds R. O. Wells (jr.), 1973 |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Geometry Daniel Huybrechts, 2005 Easily accessible Includes recent developments Assumes very little knowledge of differentiable manifolds and functional analysis Particular emphasis on topics related to mirror symmetry (SUSY, Kaehler-Einstein metrics, Tian-Todorov lemma) |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Geometry and Analysis on CR Manifolds Sorin Dragomir, Giuseppe Tomassini, 2007-06-10 Presents many major differential geometric acheivements in the theory of CR manifolds for the first time in book form Explains how certain results from analysis are employed in CR geometry Many examples and explicitly worked-out proofs of main geometric results in the first section of the book making it suitable as a graduate main course or seminar textbook Provides unproved statements and comments inspiring further study |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Differential Geometry Fangyang Zheng, 2000 Discusses the differential geometric aspects of complex manifolds. This work contains standard materials from general topology, differentiable manifolds, and basic Riemannian geometry. It discusses complex manifolds and analytic varieties, sheaves and holomorphic vector bundles. It also gives a brief account of the surface classification theory. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Manifolds and Deformation of Complex Structures K. Kodaira, 1985-11-22 |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: From Holomorphic Functions to Complex Manifolds Klaus Fritzsche, Hans Grauert, 2002-04-12 This introduction to the theory of complex manifolds covers the most important branches and methods in complex analysis of several variables while completely avoiding abstract concepts involving sheaves, coherence, and higher-dimensional cohomology. Only elementary methods such as power series, holomorphic vector bundles, and one-dimensional cocycles are used. Each chapter contains a variety of examples and exercises. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: An Introduction to Manifolds Loring W. Tu, 2010-10-05 Manifolds, the higher-dimensional analogs of smooth curves and surfaces, are fundamental objects in modern mathematics. Combining aspects of algebra, topology, and analysis, manifolds have also been applied to classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum field theory. In this streamlined introduction to the subject, the theory of manifolds is presented with the aim of helping the reader achieve a rapid mastery of the essential topics. By the end of the book the reader should be able to compute, at least for simple spaces, one of the most basic topological invariants of a manifold, its de Rham cohomology. Along the way, the reader acquires the knowledge and skills necessary for further study of geometry and topology. The requisite point-set topology is included in an appendix of twenty pages; other appendices review facts from real analysis and linear algebra. Hints and solutions are provided to many of the exercises and problems. This work may be used as the text for a one-semester graduate or advanced undergraduate course, as well as by students engaged in self-study. Requiring only minimal undergraduate prerequisites, 'Introduction to Manifolds' is also an excellent foundation for Springer's GTM 82, 'Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology'. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Lectures on Kähler Manifolds Werner Ballmann, 2006 These notes are based on lectures the author gave at the University of Bonn and the Erwin Schrodinger Institute in Vienna. The aim is to give a thorough introduction to the theory of Kahler manifolds with special emphasis on the differential geometric side of Kahler geometry. The exposition starts with a short discussion of complex manifolds and holomorphic vector bundles and a detailed account of the basic differential geometric properties of Kahler manifolds. The more advanced topics are the cohomology of Kahler manifolds, Calabi conjecture, Gromov's Kahler hyperbolic spaces, and the Kodaira embedding theorem. Some familiarity with global analysis and partial differential equations is assumed, in particular in the part on the Calabi conjecture. There are appendices on Chern-Weil theory, symmetric spaces, and $L^2$-cohomology. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Manifolds James A. Morrow, Kunihiko Kodaira, 1971 This volume serves as an introduction to the Kodaira-Spencer theory of deformations of complex structures. Based on notes taken by James Morrow from lectures given by Kunihiko Kodaira at Stanford University in 1965-1966, the book gives the original proof of the Kodaira embedding theorem, showing that the restricted class of Kahler manifolds called Hodge manifolds is algebraic. Included are the semicontinuity theorems and the local completeness theorem of Kuranishi. Readers areassumed to know some algebraic topology. Complete references are given for the results that are used from elliptic partial differential equations. The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in abstract complex manifolds. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Equations on Manifolds and Mathematical Physics Vladimir M. Manuilov, Alexander S. Mishchenko, Vladimir E. Nazaikinskii, Bert-Wolfgang Schulze, Weiping Zhang, 2022-01-21 This is a volume originating from the Conference on Partial Differential Equations and Applications, which was held in Moscow in November 2018 in memory of professor Boris Sternin and attracted more than a hundred participants from eighteen countries. The conference was mainly dedicated to partial differential equations on manifolds and their applications in mathematical physics, geometry, topology, and complex analysis. The volume contains selected contributions by leading experts in these fields and presents the current state of the art in several areas of PDE. It will be of interest to researchers and graduate students specializing in partial differential equations, mathematical physics, topology, geometry, and their applications. The readers will benefit from the interplay between these various areas of mathematics. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Manifolds, Sheaves, and Cohomology Torsten Wedhorn, 2016-07-25 This book explains techniques that are essential in almost all branches of modern geometry such as algebraic geometry, complex geometry, or non-archimedian geometry. It uses the most accessible case, real and complex manifolds, as a model. The author especially emphasizes the difference between local and global questions. Cohomology theory of sheaves is introduced and its usage is illustrated by many examples. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Manifolds Steven Bell, J.-L. Brylinski, A.T. Huckleberry, R. Narasimhan, C. Okonek, Georg Schumacher, A. Van de Ven, S. Zucker, 1990-12-14 The articles in this volume were written to commemorate Reinhold Remmert's 60th birthday in June, 1990. They are surveys, meant to facilitate access to some of the many aspects of the theory of complex manifolds, and demonstrate the interplay between complex analysis and many other branches of mathematics, algebraic geometry, differential topology, representations of Lie groups, and mathematical physics being only the most obvious of these branches. Each of these articles should serve not only to describe the particular circle of ideas in complex analysis with which it deals but also as a guide to the many mathematical ideas related to its theme. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: An Introduction to Analysis Robert C. Gunning, 2018-03-20 An essential undergraduate textbook on algebra, topology, and calculus An Introduction to Analysis is an essential primer on basic results in algebra, topology, and calculus for undergraduate students considering advanced degrees in mathematics. Ideal for use in a one-year course, this unique textbook also introduces students to rigorous proofs and formal mathematical writing--skills they need to excel. With a range of problems throughout, An Introduction to Analysis treats n-dimensional calculus from the beginning—differentiation, the Riemann integral, series, and differential forms and Stokes's theorem—enabling students who are serious about mathematics to progress quickly to more challenging topics. The book discusses basic material on point set topology, such as normed and metric spaces, topological spaces, compact sets, and the Baire category theorem. It covers linear algebra as well, including vector spaces, linear mappings, Jordan normal form, bilinear mappings, and normal mappings. Proven in the classroom, An Introduction to Analysis is the first textbook to bring these topics together in one easy-to-use and comprehensive volume. Provides a rigorous introduction to calculus in one and several variables Introduces students to basic topology Covers topics in linear algebra, including matrices, determinants, Jordan normal form, and bilinear and normal mappings Discusses differential forms and Stokes's theorem in n dimensions Also covers the Riemann integral, integrability, improper integrals, and series expansions |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds John M. Lee, 2013-03-09 Manifolds are everywhere. These generalizations of curves and surfaces to arbitrarily many dimensions provide the mathematical context for under standing space in all of its manifestations. Today, the tools of manifold theory are indispensable in most major subfields of pure mathematics, and outside of pure mathematics they are becoming increasingly important to scientists in such diverse fields as genetics, robotics, econometrics, com puter graphics, biomedical imaging, and, of course, the undisputed leader among consumers (and inspirers) of mathematics-theoretical physics. No longer a specialized subject that is studied only by differential geometers, manifold theory is now one of the basic skills that all mathematics students should acquire as early as possible. Over the past few centuries, mathematicians have developed a wondrous collection of conceptual machines designed to enable us to peer ever more deeply into the invisible world of geometry in higher dimensions. Once their operation is mastered, these powerful machines enable us to think geometrically about the 6-dimensional zero set of a polynomial in four complex variables, or the lO-dimensional manifold of 5 x 5 orthogonal ma trices, as easily as we think about the familiar 2-dimensional sphere in ]R3. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Geometry Loring W. Tu, 2017-06-01 This text presents a graduate-level introduction to differential geometry for mathematics and physics students. The exposition follows the historical development of the concepts of connection and curvature with the goal of explaining the Chern–Weil theory of characteristic classes on a principal bundle. Along the way we encounter some of the high points in the history of differential geometry, for example, Gauss' Theorema Egregium and the Gauss–Bonnet theorem. Exercises throughout the book test the reader’s understanding of the material and sometimes illustrate extensions of the theory. Initially, the prerequisites for the reader include a passing familiarity with manifolds. After the first chapter, it becomes necessary to understand and manipulate differential forms. A knowledge of de Rham cohomology is required for the last third of the text. Prerequisite material is contained in author's text An Introduction to Manifolds, and can be learned in one semester. For the benefit of the reader and to establish common notations, Appendix A recalls the basics of manifold theory. Additionally, in an attempt to make the exposition more self-contained, sections on algebraic constructions such as the tensor product and the exterior power are included. Differential geometry, as its name implies, is the study of geometry using differential calculus. It dates back to Newton and Leibniz in the seventeenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century, with the work of Gauss on surfaces and Riemann on the curvature tensor, that differential geometry flourished and its modern foundation was laid. Over the past one hundred years, differential geometry has proven indispensable to an understanding of the physical world, in Einstein's general theory of relativity, in the theory of gravitation, in gauge theory, and now in string theory. Differential geometry is also useful in topology, several complex variables, algebraic geometry, complex manifolds, and dynamical systems, among other fields. The field has even found applications to group theory as in Gromov's work and to probability theory as in Diaconis's work. It is not too far-fetched to argue that differential geometry should be in every mathematician's arsenal. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Modern Methods in Complex Analysis (AM-137), Volume 137 Thomas Bloom, David W. Catlin, John P. D'Angelo, Yum-Tong Siu, 2016-03-02 The fifteen articles composing this volume focus on recent developments in complex analysis. Written by well-known researchers in complex analysis and related fields, they cover a wide spectrum of research using the methods of partial differential equations as well as differential and algebraic geometry. The topics include invariants of manifolds, the complex Neumann problem, complex dynamics, Ricci flows, the Abel-Radon transforms, the action of the Ricci curvature operator, locally symmetric manifolds, the maximum principle, very ampleness criterion, integrability of elliptic systems, and contact geometry. Among the contributions are survey articles, which are especially suitable for readers looking for a comprehensive, well-presented introduction to the most recent important developments in the field. The contributors are R. Bott, M. Christ, J. P. D'Angelo, P. Eyssidieux, C. Fefferman, J. E. Fornaess, H. Grauert, R. S. Hamilton, G. M. Henkin, N. Mok, A. M. Nadel, L. Nirenberg, N. Sibony, Y.-T. Siu, F. Treves, and S. M. Webster. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex Analysis and Differential Equations Luis Barreira, Claudia Valls, 2012-04-23 This text provides an accessible, self-contained and rigorous introduction to complex analysis and differential equations. Topics covered include holomorphic functions, Fourier series, ordinary and partial differential equations. The text is divided into two parts: part one focuses on complex analysis and part two on differential equations. Each part can be read independently, so in essence this text offers two books in one. In the second part of the book, some emphasis is given to the application of complex analysis to differential equations. Half of the book consists of approximately 200 worked out problems, carefully prepared for each part of theory, plus 200 exercises of variable levels of difficulty. Tailored to any course giving the first introduction to complex analysis or differential equations, this text assumes only a basic knowledge of linear algebra and differential and integral calculus. Moreover, the large number of examples, worked out problems and exercises makes this the ideal book for independent study. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Global Calculus S. Ramanan, 2005 The power that analysis, topology and algebra bring to geometry has revolutionised the way geometers and physicists look at conceptual problems. Some of the key ingredients in this interplay are sheaves, cohomology, Lie groups, connections and differential operators. In Global Calculus, the appropriate formalism for these topics is laid out with numerous examples and applications by one of the experts in differential and algebraic geometry. Ramanan has chosen an uncommon but natural path through the subject. In this almost completely self-contained account, these topics are developed from scratch. The basics of Fourier transforms, Sobolev theory and interior regularity are proved at the same time as symbol calculus, culminating in beautiful results in global analysis, real and complex. Many new perspectives on traditional and modern questions of differential analysis and geometry are the hallmarks of the book. The book is suitable for a first year graduate course on Global Analysis. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Introduction to Topological Manifolds John M. Lee, 2006-04-06 This book is an introduction to manifolds at the beginning graduate level. It contains the essential topological ideas that are needed for the further study of manifolds, particularly in the context of di?erential geometry, algebraic topology, and related ?elds. Its guiding philosophy is to develop these ideas rigorously but economically, with minimal prerequisites and plenty of geometric intuition. Here at the University of Washington, for example, this text is used for the ?rst third of a year-long course on the geometry and topology of manifolds; the remaining two-thirds focuses on smooth manifolds. Therearemanysuperbtextsongeneralandalgebraictopologyavailable. Why add another one to the catalog? The answer lies in my particular visionofgraduateeducation—itismy(admittedlybiased)beliefthatevery serious student of mathematics needs to know manifolds intimately, in the same way that most students come to know the integers, the real numbers, Euclidean spaces, groups, rings, and ?elds. Manifolds play a role in nearly every major branch of mathematics (as I illustrate in Chapter 1), and specialists in many ?elds ?nd themselves using concepts and terminology fromtopologyandmanifoldtheoryonadailybasis. Manifoldsarethuspart of the basic vocabulary of mathematics, and need to be part of the basic graduate education. The ?rst steps must be topological, and are embodied in this book; in most cases, they should be complemented by material on smooth manifolds, vector ?elds, di?erential forms, and the like. (After all, few of the really interesting applications of manifold theory are possible without using tools from calculus. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: An Introduction to Extremal Kahler Metrics Gábor Székelyhidi, 2014-06-19 A basic problem in differential geometry is to find canonical metrics on manifolds. The best known example of this is the classical uniformization theorem for Riemann surfaces. Extremal metrics were introduced by Calabi as an attempt at finding a higher-dimensional generalization of this result, in the setting of Kähler geometry. This book gives an introduction to the study of extremal Kähler metrics and in particular to the conjectural picture relating the existence of extremal metrics on projective manifolds to the stability of the underlying manifold in the sense of algebraic geometry. The book addresses some of the basic ideas on both the analytic and the algebraic sides of this picture. An overview is given of much of the necessary background material, such as basic Kähler geometry, moment maps, and geometric invariant theory. Beyond the basic definitions and properties of extremal metrics, several highlights of the theory are discussed at a level accessible to graduate students: Yau's theorem on the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics, the Bergman kernel expansion due to Tian, Donaldson's lower bound for the Calabi energy, and Arezzo-Pacard's existence theorem for constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics on blow-ups. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Vanishing Theorems on Complex Manifolds B. Shiffman, Sommese, 2013-11-21 |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Partial Differential Equations on Manifolds Robert Everist Greene, 1993 |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential Geometric Structures Walter A. Poor, 2007-06-05 Useful for independent study and as a reference work, this introduction to differential geometry features many examples and exercises. It defines geometric structure by specifying the parallel transport in an appropriate fiber bundle, focusing on the simplest cases of linear parallel transport in a vector bundle. The treatment opens with an introductory chapter on fiber bundles that proceeds to examinations of connection theory for vector bundles and Riemannian vector bundles. Additional topics include the role of harmonic theory, geometric vector fields on Riemannian manifolds, Lie groups, symmetric spaces, and symplectic and Hermitian vector bundles. A consideration of other differential geometric structures concludes the text, including surveys of characteristic classes of principal bundles, Cartan connections, and spin structures. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Differential and Complex Geometry: Origins, Abstractions and Embeddings Raymond O. Wells, Jr., 2017-08-09 Differential and complex geometry are two central areas of mathematics with a long and intertwined history. This book, the first to provide a unified historical perspective of both subjects, explores their origins and developments from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Providing a detailed examination of the seminal contributions to differential and complex geometry up to the twentieth-century embedding theorems, this monograph includes valuable excerpts from the original documents, including works of Descartes, Fermat, Newton, Euler, Huygens, Gauss, Riemann, Abel, and Nash. Suitable for beginning graduate students interested in differential, algebraic or complex geometry, this book will also appeal to more experienced readers. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Introduction to Differential Topology Theodor Bröcker, K. Jänich, 1982-09-16 This book is intended as an elementary introduction to differential manifolds. The authors concentrate on the intuitive geometric aspects and explain not only the basic properties but also teach how to do the basic geometrical constructions. An integral part of the work are the many diagrams which illustrate the proofs. The text is liberally supplied with exercises and will be welcomed by students with some basic knowledge of analysis and topology. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Complex and Differential Geometry Wolfgang Ebeling, Klaus Hulek, Knut Smoczyk, 2011-06-27 This volume contains the Proceedings of the conference Complex and Differential Geometry 2009, held at Leibniz Universität Hannover, September 14 - 18, 2009. It was the aim of this conference to bring specialists from differential geometry and (complex) algebraic geometry together and to discuss new developments in and the interaction between these fields. Correspondingly, the articles in this book cover a wide area of topics, ranging from topics in (classical) algebraic geometry through complex geometry, including (holomorphic) symplectic and poisson geometry, to differential geometry (with an emphasis on curvature flows) and topology. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: On Uniformization of Complex Manifolds Robert C. Gunning, 2015-03-08 The classical uniformization theorem for Riemann surfaces and its recent extensions can be viewed as introducing special pseudogroup structures, affine or projective structures, on Riemann surfaces. In fact, the additional structures involved can be considered as local forms of the uniformizations of Riemann surfaces. In this study, Robert Gunning discusses the corresponding pseudogroup structures on higher-dimensional complex manifolds, modeled on the theory as developed for Riemann surfaces. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Elementary Theory of Analytic Functions of One or Several Complex Variables Henri Cartan, 2013-04-22 Basic treatment includes existence theorem for solutions of differential systems where data is analytic, holomorphic functions, Cauchy's integral, Taylor and Laurent expansions, more. Exercises. 1973 edition. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Geometry and Topology of Manifolds: Surfaces and Beyond Vicente Muñoz, Ángel González-Prieto, Juan Ángel Rojo, 2020-10-21 This book represents a novel approach to differential topology. Its main focus is to give a comprehensive introduction to the classification of manifolds, with special attention paid to the case of surfaces, for which the book provides a complete classification from many points of view: topological, smooth, constant curvature, complex, and conformal. Each chapter briefly revisits basic results usually known to graduate students from an alternative perspective, focusing on surfaces. We provide full proofs of some remarkable results that sometimes are missed in basic courses (e.g., the construction of triangulations on surfaces, the classification of surfaces, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, the degree-genus formula for complex plane curves, the existence of constant curvature metrics on conformal surfaces), and we give hints to questions about higher dimensional manifolds. Many examples and remarks are scattered through the book. Each chapter ends with an exhaustive collection of problems and a list of topics for further study. The book is primarily addressed to graduate students who did take standard introductory courses on algebraic topology, differential and Riemannian geometry, or algebraic geometry, but have not seen their deep interconnections, which permeate a modern approach to geometry and topology of manifolds. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: New Horizons In Differential Geometry And Its Related Fields Toshiaki Adachi, Hideya Hashimoto, 2022-04-07 This volume presents recent developments in geometric structures on Riemannian manifolds and their discretizations. With chapters written by recognized experts, these discussions focus on contact structures, Kähler structures, fiber bundle structures and Einstein metrics. It also contains works on the geometric approach on coding theory.For researchers and students, this volume forms an invaluable source to learn about these subjects that are not only in the field of differential geometry but also in other wide related areas. It promotes and deepens the study of geometric structures. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Real Submanifolds in Complex Space and Their Mappings (PMS-47) M. Salah Baouendi, Peter Ebenfelt, Linda Preiss Rothschild, 2016-06-02 This book presents many of the main developments of the past two decades in the study of real submanifolds in complex space, providing crucial background material for researchers and advanced graduate students. The techniques in this area borrow from real and complex analysis and partial differential equations, as well as from differential, algebraic, and analytical geometry. In turn, these latter areas have been enriched over the years by the study of problems in several complex variables addressed here. The authors, M. Salah Baouendi, Peter Ebenfelt, and Linda Preiss Rothschild, include extensive preliminary material to make the book accessible to nonspecialists. One of the most important topics that the authors address here is the holomorphic extension of functions and mappings that satisfy the tangential Cauchy-Riemann equations on real submanifolds. They present the main results in this area with a novel and self-contained approach. The book also devotes considerable attention to the study of holomorphic mappings between real submanifolds, and proves finite determination of such mappings by their jets under some optimal assumptions. The authors also give a thorough comparison of the various nondegeneracy conditions for manifolds and mappings and present new geometric interpretations of these conditions. Throughout the book, Cauchy-Riemann vector fields and their orbits play a central role and are presented in a setting that is both general and elementary. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Twistor Geometry and Non-Linear Systems H.D. Doebner, T.D. Palev, 2006-11-14 |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Seminar on Differential Geometry. (AM-102), Volume 102 Shing-tung Yau, 2016-03-02 This collection of papers constitutes a wide-ranging survey of recent developments in differential geometry and its interactions with other fields, especially partial differential equations and mathematical physics. This area of mathematics was the subject of a special program at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton during the academic year 1979-1980; the papers in this volume were contributed by the speakers in the sequence of seminars organized by Shing-Tung Yau for this program. Both survey articles and articles presenting new results are included. The articles on differential geometry and partial differential equations include a general survey article by the editor on the relationship of the two fields and more specialized articles on topics including harmonic mappings, isoperimetric and Poincaré inequalities, metrics with specified curvature properties, the Monge-Arnpere equation, L2 harmonic forms and cohomology, manifolds of positive curvature, isometric embedding, and Kraumlhler manifolds and metrics. The articles on differential geometry and mathematical physics cover such topics as renormalization, instantons, gauge fields and the Yang-Mills equation, nonlinear evolution equations, incompleteness of space-times, black holes, and quantum gravity. A feature of special interest is the inclusion of a list of more than one hundred unsolved research problems compiled by the editor with comments and bibliographical information. |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: Trends in Differential Geometry, Complex Analysis and Mathematical Physics Kouei Sekigawa, Vladimir Stefanov Gerdjikov, Stancho Dimiev, 2009 A discrete model for Kähler magnetic fields on a complex hyperbolic space / T. Adachi -- Integrability condition on the boundary parameters of the asymmetric exclusion process and matrix product ansatz / B. Aneva -- Remarks on the double-complex Laplacian / L. Apostolova -- Generalizations of conjugate connections / O. Calin, H. Matsuzoe, J. Zhang -- Asymptotics of generalized value distribution for Herglotz functions / Y. T. Christodoulides -- Cyclic hyper-scalar systems / S. Dimiev, M. S. Marinov, Z. Zhelev -- Plane curves associated with integrable dynamical systems of the Frenet-Serret type / P. A. Djondjorov, V. M. Vassilev, I. M. Mladenov -- Relativistic strain and electromagnetic photon-like objects / S. Donev, M. Tashkova -- A construction of minimal surfaces in flat tori by swelling / N. Ejiri -- On NLS equations on BD.I symmetric spaces with constant boundary conditions / V. S. Gerdjikov, N. A. Kostov -- Orthogonal almost complex structures on S[symbol] x R[symbol] / H. Hashimoto, M. Ohashi -- Persistence of solutions for some integrable shallow water equations / D. Henry -- Some geometric properties and objects related to Bézier curves / M. J. Hristov -- Heisenberg relations in the general case / B. Z. Iliev -- Poisson structures of equations associated with groups of diffeomorphisms / R. I. Ivanov -- Hyperbolic Gauss maps and parallel surfaces in hyperbolic three-space / M. Kokubu -- On the lax pair for two and three wave interaction system / N. A. Kostov -- Mathematical outlook of fractals and chaos related to simple orthorhombic Ising-Onsager-Zhang lattices / J. Ławrynowicz, S. Marchiafava, M. Nowak-Kepczyk -- A characterization of Clifford minimal hypersurfaces of a sphere in terms of their geodesics / S. Maeda -- On the curvature properties of real time-like hypersurfaces of Kähler manifolds with Norden metric / M. Manev, M. Teofilova -- Some submanifolds of almost contact manifolds with Norden metric / G. Nakova -- A short note on the double-complex Laplace operator / P. Popivanov -- Monogenic, hypermonogenic and holomorphic Cliffordian functions - a survey / I. P. Ramadanoff -- On some classes of exact solutions of eikonal equation / Ł. T. Stepień -- Dirichlet property for tessellations of tiling-type 4 on a plane by congrent pentagons / Y. Takeo, T. Adachi -- Almost complex connections on almost complex manifolds with Norden metric / M. Teofilova -- Pseudo-boson coherent and Fock states / D. A. Trifonov -- New integrable equations of mKdV type / T. I. Valchev -- Integrable dynamical systems of the Frenet-Serret type / V. M. Vassilev, P. A. Djondjorov, I. M. Mladenov |
| differential analysis on complex manifolds: A Course in Arithmetic J-P. Serre, 2012-12-06 This book is divided into two parts. The first one is purely algebraic. Its objective is the classification of quadratic forms over the field of rational numbers (Hasse-Minkowski theorem). It is achieved in Chapter IV. The first three chapters contain some preliminaries: quadratic reciprocity law, p-adic fields, Hilbert symbols. Chapter V applies the preceding results to integral quadratic forms of discriminant ± I. These forms occur in various questions: modular functions, differential topology, finite groups. The second part (Chapters VI and VII) uses analytic methods (holomor phic functions). Chapter VI gives the proof of the theorem on arithmetic progressions due to Dirichlet; this theorem is used at a critical point in the first part (Chapter Ill, no. 2.2). Chapter VII deals with modular forms, and in particular, with theta functions. Some of the quadratic forms of Chapter V reappear here. The two parts correspond to lectures given in 1962 and 1964 to second year students atthe Ecole Normale Superieure. A redaction of these lectures in the form of duplicated notes, was made by J.-J. Sansuc (Chapters I-IV) and J.-P. Ramis and G. Ruget (Chapters VI-VII). They were very useful to me; I extend here my gratitude to their authors. |
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What makes a differential equation, linear or non-linear?
Jul 26, 2015 · The distinction is important because linear differential equations are generally easier to solve than non ...
Book recommendation for ordinary differential equations
Nov 19, 2014 · $\begingroup$ And here is one more example, which comes to mind: a book for famous Russian mathematician: Ordinary Differential Equations, which does not cover that much, …
ordinary differential equations - difference between implicit and ...
Oct 29, 2011 · What is the difference between an implicit ordinary differential equation and a differential algebraic equation? 2 Explicit formula for the implicit Euler method
Best books for self-studying differential geometry
Next semester (fall 2021) I am planning on taking a grad-student level differential topology course but I have never studied differential geometry which is a pre-requisite for the course. My plan is …
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Jun 29, 2022 · 3) Manifolds and differential geometry, by Jeffrey Marc Lee (Google Books preview) 4) Also, I just recently recommended this site in answer to another post; the site is from Stanford …
partial differential equations - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 30, 2020 · with $\boldsymbol{\kappa}=i\mathbf{k}.$ This multiplication by $\mathcal L$ is the Fourier-space version of the differential operator from $(1)$. Notice that $\mathcal L$ is just a …
What exactly is a differential? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jul 13, 2015 · The differential of a function $f$ at $x_0$ is simply the linear function which produces the best linear approximation of $f(x)$ in a neighbourhood of $x_0$.
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See this answer in Quora: What is the difference between derivative and differential?. In simple words, the rate of change of function is called as a derivative and differential is the actual …
What is a differential form? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Mar 4, 2020 · At this point, however, I think that the best way to approach the daunting concept of differential forms is to realize that differential forms are defined to be the thing that makes …
Best Book For Differential Equations? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
For mathematics departments, some more strict books may be suitable. But whatever book you are using, make sure it has a lot of solved examples. And ideally, it should also include some …
What makes a differential equation, linear or non-linear?
Jul 26, 2015 · The distinction is important because linear differential equations are generally easier to solve than non ...
Book recommendation for ordinary differential equations
Nov 19, 2014 · $\begingroup$ And here is one more example, which comes to mind: a book for famous Russian mathematician: Ordinary Differential Equations, which does not cover that …
ordinary differential equations - difference between implicit and ...
Oct 29, 2011 · What is the difference between an implicit ordinary differential equation and a differential algebraic equation? 2 Explicit formula for the implicit Euler method
Best books for self-studying differential geometry
Next semester (fall 2021) I am planning on taking a grad-student level differential topology course but I have never studied differential geometry which is a pre-requisite for the course. My plan is …
differential geometry - Introductory texts on manifolds
Jun 29, 2022 · 3) Manifolds and differential geometry, by Jeffrey Marc Lee (Google Books preview) 4) Also, I just recently recommended this site in answer to another post; the site is …
partial differential equations - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 30, 2020 · with $\boldsymbol{\kappa}=i\mathbf{k}.$ This multiplication by $\mathcal L$ is the Fourier-space version of the differential operator from $(1)$. Notice that $\mathcal L$ is just a …
