An introduction to Lorentz surfaces / by Tilla Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Tilla, 1934-

Series:

De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics

De Gruyter Expositions in Mathematics ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Topology.

Lorentz groups.

Generalized spaces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "An Introduction to Lorentz Surfaces".

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Null lines on Lorentz surfaces

Chapter 2 Box surfaces, yardsticks and global properties of Lorentzian metrics

Chapter 3 Conformal equivalence and the Poincaré index

Chapter 4 Kulkarni's conformal boundary

Chapter 5 Using the conformal boundary

Chapter 6 Conformal invariants on Lorentz surfaces

Chapter 7 Classical surface theory and harmonically immersed surfaces

Chapter 8 Conformal realization of Lorentz surfaces in Minkowski 3-space

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index.

ISBN:

9783110821635

311082163X

OCLC:

979747178