Differential Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics
Proceedings of the Symposium Held at the University at the University of Bonn, July 1 - 4, 1975
Published on 1. February 1977
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 582 pages
978-3-540-08068-8 (ISBN)
Description
An outline of geometric quantisation (d'après Kostant).- The metalinear geometry of non-real polarizations.- On cohomology groups appearing in geometric quantization.- Geometric quantization and Feynman path integrals for spin.- V. Fock, 40 years later.- Interpretation geometrique des etats quantiques.- Geometric structure of quantization.- The application of graded Lie algebras to invariance considerations in particle physics.- Some recent results on supersymmetry.- Graded manifolds, graded Lie theory, and prequantization.- Gauge fields as quantized connection forms.- Complex line bundles and the magnetic field of a monopole.- Conclusions from an extended gauge principle of Dirac's equation.- Reducibility of the symplectic structure of classical fields with gauge-symmetry.- New geometrical dynamics.- On the generalization of symplectic geometry to multiple integrals in the Calculus of Variations.- A symplectic formulation of particle dynamics.- A symplectic formulation of field dynamics.- Canonical transformations and their representations in quantum mechanics.- On a symplectic structure of general relativity.- On the symplectic formulation of the einstein system of evolution in presence of a self-gravitating scalar field.- Invertible foliations and type D-spaces.- Deformations of the embedded Einstein spaces.- The causal structure of singularities.- Towards quantum gravity.- Remarks about Dirac's idea of cosmological variation of so called 'constants of nature'.
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Series
Edition
1977 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 582 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
885 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-08068-8 (9783540080688)
DOI
10.1007/BFb0087778
Schweitzer Classification
Content
An outline of geometric quantisation (d'après Kostant).- The metalinear geometry of non-real polarizations.- On cohomology groups appearing in geometric quantization.- Geometric quantization and Feynman path integrals for spin.- V. Fock, 40 years later.- Interpretation geometrique des etats quantiques.- Geometric structure of quantization.- The application of graded Lie algebras to invariance considerations in particle physics.- Some recent results on supersymmetry.- Graded manifolds, graded Lie theory, and prequantization.- Gauge fields as quantized connection forms.- Complex line bundles and the magnetic field of a monopole.- Conclusions from an extended gauge principle of Dirac's equation.- Reducibility of the symplectic structure of classical fields with gauge-symmetry.- New geometrical dynamics.- On the generalization of symplectic geometry to multiple integrals in the Calculus of Variations.- A symplectic formulation of particle dynamics.- A symplectic formulation of field dynamics.- Canonical transformations and their representations in quantum mechanics.- On a symplectic structure of general relativity.- On the symplectic formulation of the einstein system of evolution in presence of a self-gravitating scalar field.- Invertible foliations and type D-spaces.- Deformations of the embedded Einstein spaces.- The causal structure of singularities.- Towards quantum gravity.- Remarks about Dirac's idea of cosmological variation of so called 'constants of nature'.