Author : Thomas Friedrich
Release : 2000
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 802/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Dirac Operators in Riemannian Geometry by : Thomas Friedrich
Download or read book Dirac Operators in Riemannian Geometry written by Thomas Friedrich. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Dirac operator on Riemannian manifolds, especially its connection with the underlying geometry and topology of the manifold. The presentation includes a review of Clifford algebras, spin groups and the spin representation, as well as a review of spin structures and spin [superscript C] structures. With this foundation established, the Dirac operator is defined and studied, with special attention to the cases of Hermitian manifolds and symmetric spaces. Then, certain analytic properties are established, including self-adjointness and the Fredholm property. An important link between the geometry and the analysis is provided by estimates for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator in terms of the scalar curvature and the sectional curvature. Considerations of Killing spinors and solutions of the twistor equation on M lead to results about whether M is an Einstein manifold or conformally equivalent to one. Finally, in an appendix, Friedrich gives a concise introduction to the Seiberg-Witten invariants, which are a powerful tool for the study of four-manifolds. There is also an appendix reviewing principal bundles and connections.