Differential geometry, Lie groups, and symmetric spaces over general base fields and rings / Wolfgang Bertram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertram, Wolfgang, 1965- author.

Series:

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; no. 900.

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 0065-9266 ; number 900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infinite dimensional Lie algebras.

Infinite-dimensional manifolds.

Symmetric spaces.

Geometry, Differential.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this work is to lay the foundations of differential geometry and Lie theory over the general class of topological base fields and -rings for which a differential calculus has been developed, without any restriction on the dimension or on the characteristic. Two basic features distinguish the author's approach from the classical real (finite or infinite dimensional) theory, namely the interpretation of tangent- and jet functors as functors of scalar extensions and the introduction of multilinear bundles and multilinear connections which generalize the concept of vector bundles and linear connections.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Basic notions""; ""1. Differential calculus""; ""2. Manifolds""; ""3. Tangent bundle and general fiber bundles""; ""4. The Lie bracket of vector fields""; ""5. Lie groups and symmetric spaces: basic facts""; ""II. Interpretation of tangent objects via scalar extensions""; ""6. Scalar extensions. I: Tangent functor and dual numbers""; ""7. Scalar extensions. II: Higher order tangent functors""; ""8. Scalar extensions. Ill: Jet functor and truncated polynomial rings""; ""III. Second order differential geometry""

""9. The structure of the tangent bundle of a vector bundle""""10. Linear connections. I: Linear structures on bilinear bundles""; ""11. Linear connections. II: Sprays""; ""12. Linear connections. Ill: Covariant derivative""; ""13. Natural operations. I: Exterior derivative of a one-form""; ""14. Natural operations. II: The Lie bracket revisited""; ""IV. Third and higher order differential geometry""; ""15. The structure of T[sup(k)]F: Multilinear bundles""; ""16. The structure of T[sup(k)]F: Multilinear connections""; ""17. Construction of multilinear connections""; ""18. Curvature""

""19. Linear structures on jet bundles""""20. Shifts and symmetrization""; ""21. Remarks on differential operators and symbols""; ""22. The exterior derivative""; ""V. Lie Theory""; ""23. The three canonical connections of a Lie group""; ""24. The structure of higher order tangent groups""; ""25. Exponential map and Campbell-Hausdorff formula""; ""26. The canonical connection of a symmetric space""; ""27. The higher order tangent structure of symmetric spaces""; ""VI.Diffeomorphism Groups and the exponential jet""; ""28. Group structure on the space of sections of T[sup(k)]M""

""29. The exponential jet for vector fields""""30. The exponential jet of a symmetric space""; ""31. Remarks on the exponential jet of a general connection""; ""32. From germs to jets and from jets to germs""; ""Appendix L. Limitations""; ""Appendix G. Generalizations""; ""Appendix: Multilinear Geometry""; ""BA. Bilinear algebra""; ""MA. Multilinear algebra""; ""SA. Symmetric and shift invariant multilinear algebra""; ""PG. Polynomial groups""; ""References""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4704-0506-7