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Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy (Oxford Mathematical Monographs) by Dominic D. Joyce is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy (Oxford Mathematical Monographs) about?

The book starts with a thorough introduction to connections and holonomy groups, and to Riemannian, complex and Kahler 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) (hyperkahler 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 This is the first book to be written about them, and contains much previously unpublished material which significantly improves the original constructions.

Who reads Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy (Oxford Mathematical Monographs)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Dominic D. Joyce
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9780198506010
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Mathematics, Stem

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