Scissors Congruences, Group Homology and Characteristic Classes

Johan L DuPont

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 1
• These lecture notes are based on a series of lectures given at the Nankai Institute of Mathematics in the fall of 1998. They provide an overview of th... Lees meer

The Index Theorem and the Heat Equation Method

Yanlin Yu

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 2
• This book provides a self-contained representation of the local version of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. It contains proofs of the Hodge theorem, t... Lees meer

A Brief Introduction to Symplectic and Contact Manifolds

Augustin Banyaga, Djideme F Houenou

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 15
• The book introduces the basic notions in Symplectic and Contact Geometry at the level of the second year graduate student. It also contains many exerc... Lees meer

Inspired by S S Chern: A Memorial Volume in Honor of a Great Mathematician

• Paperback | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 11
• Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004) was one of the leading differential geometers of the twentieth century. In 1946, he founded the Mathematical Institute o... Lees meer

Etale Cohomology Theory (Revised Edition)

Lei Fu

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 14
• Etale cohomology is an important branch in arithmetic geometry. This book covers the main materials in SGA 1, SGA 4, SGA 4 1/2 and SGA 5 on etale coho... Lees meer

Contemporary Trends in Algebraic Geometry and Algebraic Topology

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 5
• The Wei-Liang Chow and Kuo-Tsai Chen Memorial Conference was proposed and held by Prof S S Chern in Nankai Institute of Mathematics. It was devoted to... Lees meer

Minimal Submanifolds and Related Topics (Second Edition)

Yuanlong Xin

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 16
• In the theory of minimal submanifolds, Bernstein's problem and Plateau's problem are central topics. This important book presents the Douglas-Rado sol... Lees meer

Minimal Submanifolds and Related Topics

Yuanlong Xin

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 8
• The Bernstein problem and the Plateau problem are central topics in the theory of minimal submanifolds. This important book presents the Douglas-Rado ... Lees meer

Scissors Congruences, Group Homology and Characteristic Classes

Johan L DuPont

• Paperback | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 1
• These lecture notes are based on a series of lectures given at the Nankai Institute of Mathematics in the fall of 1998. They provide an overview of th... Lees meer

Topology and Physics - Proceedings of the Nankai International Conference in Memory of Xiao-Song Lin

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 12
• This unique volume, resulting from a conference at the Chern Institute of Mathematics dedicated to the memory of Xiao-Song Lin, presents a broad conne... Lees meer

Lectures on Chern-Weil Theory and Witten Deformations

Weiping Zhang

• Paperback | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 4
• This invaluable book is based on the notes of a graduate course on differential geometry which the author gave at the Nankai Institute of Mathematics.... Lees meer

Riemann-Finsler Geometry

Shiing-Shen Chern, Zhongmin Shen

• Paperback | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 6
• Riemann-Finsler geometry is a subject that concerns manifolds with Finsler metrics, including Riemannian metrics. It has applications in many fields o... Lees meer

Riemann-Finsler Geometry

Shiing-Shen Chern, Zhongmin Shen

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 6
• Riemann-Finsler geometry is a subject that concerns manifolds with Finsler metrics, including Riemannian metrics. It has applications in many fields o... Lees meer

Iterated Integrals and Cycles on Algebraic Manifolds

Bruno Harris

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 7
• This subject has been of great interest both to topologists and to number theorists. The first part of this book describes some of the work of Kuo-Tsa... Lees meer

Differential Geometry and Physics - Proceedings of the 23th International Conference of Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics

• Hardcover | Engels | Nankai Tracts in Mathematics | nr. 10
• This volumes provides a comprehensive review of interactions between differential geometry and theoretical physics, contributed by many leading schola... Lees meer