Advances in Geometry and Lie Algebras from Supergravity

• Main Author: Frè, Pietro Giuseppe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,
• Subjects: Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Physics.; Differential geometry.; Mathematical physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Differential Geometry.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Physics.
• Physical Description: XX, 556 p. 64 illus., 32 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319744919
• ISSN: 1864-5879
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74491-9

This book aims to provide an overview of several topics in advanced Differential Geometry and Lie Group Theory, all of them stemming from mathematical problems in supersymmetric physical theories. It presents a mathematical illustration of the main development in geometry and symmetry theory that occurred under the fertilizing influence of supersymmetry/supergravity. The contents are mainly of mathematical nature, but each topic is introduced by historical information and enriched with motivations from high energy physics, which help the reader in getting a deeper comprehension of the subject. .