Differential Geometry Of Varieties With Degenerate Gauss Maps
โ Scribed by Maks A. Akivis, Vladislav V. Goldberg
- Book ID
- 127447587
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Series
- CMS books in mathematics 18
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0387404635
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โฆ Synopsis
In this book the authors study the differential geometry of varieties with degenerate Gauss maps. They use the main methods of differential geometry, namely, the methods of moving frames and exterior differential forms as well as tensor methods. By means of these methods, the authors discover the structure of varieties with degenerate Gauss maps, determine the singular points and singular varieties, find focal images and construct a classification of the varieties with degenerate Gauss maps.The authors introduce the above mentioned methods and apply them to a series of concrete problems arising in the theory of varieties with degenerate Gauss maps. What makes this book unique is the authors' use of a systematic application of methods of projective differential geometry along with methods of the classical algebraic geometry for studying varieties with degenerate Gauss maps. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students interested in projective differential geometry and algebraic geometry and their applications. It can be used as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Both authors have published over 100 papers each. Each has written a number of books, including Conformal Differential Geometry and Its Generalizations (Wiley 1996), Projective Differential Geometry of Submanifolds (North-Holland 1993), and Introductory Linear Algebra (Prentice-Hall 1972), which were written by them jointly.
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