Foliations and Geometric Structures [electronic resource] /
Bejancu, Aurel.author.
Farran, Hani Reda.author.
Offers basic material on distributions and foliations. This book introduces and builds the tools needed for studying the geometry of foliated manifolds. Its main theme is to investigate the interrelations between foliations of a manifold on the one hand, and the many geometric structures that the manifold may admit on the other hand.
Description based upon print version of record.
Offers basic material on distributions and foliations. This book introduces and builds the tools needed for studying the geometry of foliated manifolds. Its main theme is to investigate the interrelations between foliations of a manifold on the one hand, and the many geometric structures that the manifold may admit on the other hand.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.
Geometry of Distributions on a Manifold -- Structural and Transversal Geometry of Foliations -- Foliations on Semi-Riemannian Manifolds -- Parallel Foliations -- Foliations Induced by Geometric Structures -- A Gauge Theory on a Vector Bundle.
Differential geometry.
Geometry.
Algebraic topology.
Physics.
Differential Geometry.
Geometry.
Algebraic Topology.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Mathematics and its applications