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Initiation to Global Finslerian Geometry
1st Edition, Volume 68 - January 18, 2006
Author: Hassan Akbar-Zadeh
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780444521064
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eBook ISBN:9780080461700
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After a brief description of the evolution of thinking on Finslerian geometry starting from Riemann, Finsler, Berwald and Elie Cartan, the book gives a clear and precise treatment of this geometry. The first three chapters develop the basic notions and methods, introduced by the author, to reach the global problems in Finslerian Geometry. The next five chapters are independent of each other, and deal with among others the geometry of generalized Einstein manifolds, the classification of Finslerian manifolds of constant sectional curvatures. They also give a treatment of isometric, affine, projective and conformal vector fields on the unitary tangent fibre bundle.
Key features
- Theory of connections of vectors and directions on the unitary tangent fibre bundle.
- Complete list of Bianchi identities for a regular conection of directions.
- Geometry of generalized Einstein manifolds.
- Classification of Finslerian manifolds.
- Affine, isometric, conformal and projective vector fields on the unitary tangent fibre bundle.
Theory of connections of vectors and directions on the unitary tangent fibre bundle.
Complete list of Bianchi identities for a regular conection of directions.
Geometry of generalized Einstein manifolds.
Classification of Finslerian manifolds.
Affine, isometric, conformal and projective vector fields on the unitary tangent fibre bundle.
Graduate students, university libraries and researchers.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I: Linear Connections on a Space of Linear Elements
(abstract)
I Regular Linear Connections
II Curvature and torsion of a regular linear connection
Chapter II: Finslerian Manifolds
(Abstract)
Chapter III: Isometries and Affine Vector Fields on the Unitary Tangent Fibre Bundle
Abstract
Chapter IV: Geometry Of Generalized Einstein Manifolds
(abstract)
I Comparison Theorem
II Deformation of the Finslerian metric. Generalized Einstein Manifolds
Chapter V: Properties of Compact Finslerian Manifolds of Non-negative Curvature
(Abstract)
II COMPACT FINSLERIAN MANIFOLDS WHOSE INDICATRIX IS AN EINSTEIN MANIFOLD
Chapter VI: Finslerian Manifolds of Constant Sectional Curvature [4]
(abstract)
I Isotropic Finslerian Manifolds
III Complete manifolds with constant sectional curvatures
IV The Plane Axioms in Finslerian Geometry
Chapter VII: Projective Vector Fields on the Unitary Tangent Fibre Bundle [3]
(abstract)
Chapter VIII: Conformal vector fields on the unitary tangent fibre bundle
Abstract
1 The Co-differential of a 2-form.
2 ALemma
3 A Characterisation of Conformal infinitesimal transformations when the manifold is compact
4 Curvature and Infinitesimal Conformal Transformations in the compact case
5 Case when M compact with scalar curvature H˜ constant
6 Case when X = Xi(z) dxi is semi-closed.
References
Index
No. of pages: 264
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 68
Published: January 18, 2006
Imprint: Elsevier Science
Hardback ISBN: 9780444521064
eBook ISBN: 9780080461700
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Hassan Akbar-Zadeh
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Research at C.N.R.S., Paris, France.
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