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DIRAC OPERATORS AND SPECTRAL GEOMETRY
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| By: |
Giampiero Esposito, Peter Goddard, Julia Yeomans |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521648629 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521648622 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 August, 1998 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics No. 12 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
A clear, concise and up-to-date introduction to the theory of the Dirac operator and its wide range of applications in theoretical physics for graduate students and researchers. |
| Synopsis: |
The Dirac operator has many useful applications in theoretical physics and mathematics. This book provides a clear, concise and self-contained introduction to the global theory of the Dirac operator and to the analysis of spectral asymptotics with local or non-local boundary conditions. The theory is introduced at a level suitable for graduate students. Numerous examples are then given to illustrate the peculiar properties of the Dirac operator, and the role of boundary conditions in heat-kernel asymptotics and quantum field theory. Topics covered include the introduction of spin-structures in Riemannian and Lorentzian manifolds; applications of index theory; heat-kernel asymptotics for operators of Laplace type; quark boundary conditions; one-loop quantum cosmology; conformally covariant operators; and the role of the Dirac operator in some recent investigations of four-manifolds. This volume provides graduate students with a rigorous introduction and researchers with a valuable reference to the Dirac operator and its applications in theoretical physics. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |