Dirac Operators & Spectral Geometry (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics)

Giampiero Esposito

ISBN 10: 0521648629 / ISBN 13: 9780521648622

Published by Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dirac Operators & Spectral Geometry (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008-08-21
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521648629
• ISBN 13: 9780521648622
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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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 nonlocal 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 invaluable reference to the Dirac operator and its applications in theoretical physics.

Review

"...a compendium of useful information, alternately in summary and detailed form, for mathematicians/mathematical physicists..." Mathematical Reviews