Sub-Riemannian Geometry: General Theory and Examples: 126 (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Series Number 126) - Hardcover

Book 118 of 188: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications

Calin, Ovidiu; Chang, Der-Chen

 
9780521897303: Sub-Riemannian Geometry: General Theory and Examples: 126 (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Series Number 126)

Synopsis

A comprehensive text and reference on sub-Riemannian and Heisenberg manifolds using a novel and robust variational approach.

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About the Authors

Ovidiu Calin is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Eastern Michigan University and a former Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. He received his Ph.D. in geometric analysis from the University of Toronto in 2000. He has written several monographs and numerous research papers in the field of geometric analysis and has delivered research lectures in several universities in North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.

Der-Chen Chang is Professor of Mathematics at Georgetown University. He is a previous Associate Professor at the University of Maryland and a Visiting Professor at the Academia Sinica, among other institutions. He received his Ph.D. in Fourier analysis from Princeton University in 1987 and has authored several monographs and numerous research papers in the field of geometric analysis, several complex variables, and Fourier analysis.

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