Problems and Solutions in Differential Geometry, Lie Series, Differential Forms, Relativity and Applications

10.1142/10729 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willi-Hans Steeb
1951 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. V. D. Hodge

While a number of special properties of differential forms on a Kähler manifold have been mentioned in the literature on complex manifolds, no systematic account has yet been given of the theory of differential forms on a compact Kähler manifold. The purpose of this paper is to show how a general theory of these forms can be developed. It follows the general plan of de Rham's paper (2) on differential forms on real manifolds, and frequent use will be made of results contained in that paper. For convenience we begin by giving a brief account of the theory of complex tensors on a complex manifold, and of the differential geometry associated with a Hermitian, and in particular a Kählerian, metric on such a manifold.


2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 923-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pierce

AbstractFields of characteristic zero with several commuting derivations can be treated as fields equipped with a space of derivations that is closed under the Lie bracket. The existentially closed instances of such structures can then be given a coordinate-free characterization in terms of differential forms. The main tool for doing this is a generalization of the Frobenius Theorem of differential geometry.


Author(s):  
Nathalie Deruelle ◽  
Jean-Philippe Uzan

This chapter presents some elements of differential geometry, the ‘vector’ version of Euclidean geometry in curvilinear coordinates. In doing so, it provides an intrinsic definition of the covariant derivative and establishes a relation between the moving frames attached to a trajectory introduced in Chapter 2 and the moving frames of Cartan associated with curvilinear coordinates. It illustrates a differential framework based on formulas drawn from Chapter 2, before discussing cotangent spaces and differential forms. The chapter then turns to the metric tensor, triads, and frame fields as well as vector fields, form fields, and tensor fields. Finally, it performs some vector calculus.


1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Kock

In the context of synthetic differential geometry, we present a notion of differential form with values in a group object, typically a Lie group or the group of all diffeomorphisms of a manifold. Natural geometric examples of such forms and the role of their exterior differentiation is given. The main result is a comparison with the classical theory of Lie algebra valued forms.


2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-252
Author(s):  
Md. Showkat Ali ◽  
K.M. Ahmed ◽  
M.R. Khan ◽  
Md. Mirazul Islam

The concept of an exterior algebra was originally introduced by H. Grassman for the purpose of studying linear spaces. Subsequently Elie Cartan developed the theory of exterior differentiation and successfully applied it to the study of differential geometry [8], [9] or differential equations. More recently, exterior algebra has become powerful and irreplaceable tools in the study of differential manifolds with differential forms and we develop theorems on exterior algebra with examples.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujs.v60i2.11528 Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. 60(2): 247-252, 2012 (July)


2019 ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Steven Carlip

The mathematical basis of general relativity is differential geometry. This chapter establishes the starting point of differential geometry: manifolds, tangent vectors, cotangent vectors, tensors, and differential forms. The metric tensor is introduced, and its symmetries (isometries) are described. The importance of diffeomorphism invariance (or “general covariance”) is stressed.


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