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THE MANY FACETS OF GEOMETRY
A TRIBUTE TO NIGEL HITCHIN |
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Oscar Garcia-Prada (Editor), Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (Editor), Simon Salamon (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£112.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199534926 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199534920 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2010 |
| Pages: |
456 |
| Description: |
Few people have proved more influential in the field of differential and algebraic geometry than Nigel Hitchin. The chapters in this fascinating volume, written by some of the greats in their fields (including four Fields Medalists), show how Hitchin's ideas have impacted on a wide variety of subjects. |
| Synopsis: |
Few people have proved more influential in the field of differential and algebraic geometry, and in showing how this links with mathematical physics, than Nigel Hitchin. Oxford University's Savilian Professor of Geometry has made fundamental contributions in areas as diverse as: spin geometry, instanton and monopole equations, twistor theory, symplectic geometry of moduli spaces, integrables systems, Higgs bundles, Einstein metrics, hyperkahler geometry, Frobenius manifolds, Painleve equations, special Lagrangian geometry and mirror symmetry, theory of grebes, and many more. He was previously Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, as well as Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has been the President of the London Mathematical Society. The chapters in this fascinating volume, written by some of the greats in their fields (including four Fields Medalists), show how Hitchin's ideas have impacted on a wide variety of subjects.The book grew out of the Geometry Conference in Honour of Nigel Hitchin, held in Madrid, with some additional contributions, and should be required reading for anyone seeking insights into the overlap between geometry and physics. |
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20 black and white line illustrations |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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