Geometry of Nonpositively Curved Manifolds

Name: Geometry of Nonpositively Curved Manifolds
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ISBN: 9780226181974

ISBN-10: 0226181979

ISBN-13: 9780226181974

Edition: 1997

Authors: Patrick B. Eberlein

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This introduction to the geometry of symmetric spaces of non-compact type will serve as an excellent guide for graduate students new to the material, & will also be a useful reference text for mathematicians already familiar with the subject.

Book details

List price: $164.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/1/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.93" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Notation and Preliminaries



Structure of Symmetric Spaces of Noncompact Type



Tits Geometries



Action of Isometrics on M(infinity)



A Splitting Criterion



Isometries of R"



Spaces with Euclidean Factors



Mostow Rigidity Theorem



Rigidity Theorems and Characterizations of Symmetric Spaces of Higher Rank



Fundamental Group and Geometry


References


Index of Definitions and Terminology


Index of Notation