Advances in Geometry and Lie Algebras from Supergravity (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)

Frč, Pietro Giuseppe

ISBN 10: 3319744909 / ISBN 13: 9783319744902

Published by Springer, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in Geometry and Lie Algebras from Supergravity (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319744909
• ISBN 13: 9783319744902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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. 

About the Author

Pietro Frč is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Torino, Italy and is currently serving as Scientific Counsellor of the Italian Embassy in Moscow. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years. His scientific passion lies in supergravity and all allied topics, since the inception of the field, in 1976. He was professor at SISSA, worked in the USA and at CERN. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years. He has previously published four scientific monographs. He is also the author of a popular science book on cosmology (“Il fascino oscuro dell’inflazione”, Springer 2009), and two novels, in Italian.