Einstein Manifolds

From the reviews: "[...] an efficient reference book for many fundamental techniques of Riemannian geometry. [...] despite its length, the reader will have no difficulty in getting the feel of its contents and discovering excellent examples of all interaction of geometry with partial differenti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Besse, Arthur L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1987, 1987
Edition:1st ed. 1987
Series:Classics in Mathematics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Material
  • Basic Material (Continued): Kähler Manifolds
  • Relativity
  • Riemannian Functionals
  • Ricci Curvature as a Partial Differential Equation
  • Einstein Manifolds and Topology
  • Homogeneous Riemannian Manifolds
  • Compact Homogeneous Kähler Manifolds
  • Riemannian Submersions
  • Holonomy Groups
  • Kähler-Einstein Metrics and the Calabi Conjecture
  • The Moduli Space of Einstein Structures
  • Self-Duality
  • Quaternion-Kähler Manifolds
  • A Report on the Non-Compact Case
  • Generalizations of the Einstein Condition