Conformal Groups in Geometry and Spin Structures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anglès, Pierre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston, 2008.
• Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics ; 50
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Associative rings.; Rings (Algebra).; Group theory.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; Geometry.; Number theory.; Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Group Theory and Generalizations.; Number Theory.; Associative Rings and Algebras.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.

Conformal groups play a key role in geometry and spin structures. This book provides a self-contained overview of this important area of mathematical physics, beginning with its origins in the works of Cartan and Chevalley and progressing to recent research in spinors and conformal geometry. Key top...