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Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators: Vol 298 (Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften) - Hardcover

Berline, Nicole; Getzler, Ezra; Vergne, Michele

 
9783540533405: Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators: Vol 298 (Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften)

Synopsis

In this book, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators on compact Riemannian manifolds and its more recent generalizations receive simple proofs. The main technique which is used is an explicit geometric construction of the heat kernels of a generalized Dirac operator. The first four chapters could be used at the text for a graduate course on the applications of linear elliptic operators in differential geometry and the only prerequisites are a familiarity with basic differential geometry. Several chapters deal with other preparatory material.

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In this book, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators on compact Riemannian manifolds and its more recent generalizations receive simple proofs. The main technique which is used is an explicit geometric construction of the heat kernels of a generalized Dirac operator. The first four chapters could be used at the text for a graduate course on the applications of linear elliptic operators in differential geometry and the only prerequisites are a familiarity with basic differential geometry. Several chapters deal with other preparatory material.

Review

Aus den Rezensionen:

"... Das vorliegende Buch ist die zweite korrigierte und erweiterte Ausgabe eines Werkes aus dem Jahre 1992. ... Ausgehend von einer Grundausbildung in klassischer Differentialgeometrie stellt das Buch alle zum Verständnis des Beweises notwendigen Voraussetzungen zur Verfügung. Dadurch eignet es sich einerseits zum Selbststudium für Studierende mit entsprechender Vorbildung ... andererseits als Grundlage einer Vorlesung über dieses ergiebige Thema."

(P. Grabner, in: IMN - Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, 2006, Issue 202, S. 45)

 

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