Cosmology in (2 + 1) -Dimensions, Cyclic Models, and Deformations of M2,1. (AM-121) (Annals of Mathematics Studies) - Couverture souple

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Guillemin, Victor

 
9780691085142: Cosmology in (2 + 1) -Dimensions, Cyclic Models, and Deformations of M2,1. (AM-121) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)
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ISBN 10 : 0691085145 ISBN 13 : 9780691085142
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The subject matter of this work is an area of Lorentzian geometry which has not been heretofore much investigated: Do there exist Lorentzian manifolds all of whose light-like geodesics are periodic? A surprising fact is that such manifolds exist in abundance in (2 + 1)-dimensions (though in higher dimensions they are quite rare). This book is concerned with the deformation theory of M2,1 (which furnishes almost all the known examples of these objects). It also has a section describing conformal invariants of these objects, the most interesting being the determinant of a two dimensional "Floquet operator" invented by Paneitz and Segal.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The subject matter of this work is an area of Lorentzian geometry which has not been heretofore much investigated: Do there exist Lorentzian manifolds all of whose light-like geodesics are periodic? A surprising fact is that such manifolds exist in abundance in (2 + 1)-dimensions (though in higher dimensions they are quite rare). This book is concerned with the deformation theory of M2,1 (which furnishes almost all the known examples of these objects). It also has a section describing conformal invariants of these objects, the most interesting being the determinant of a two dimensional "Floquet operator" invented by Paneitz and Segal.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691085145
ISBN 13 
9780691085142
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
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Personne responsable
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