Projective Differential Geometry Old and New: From the Schwarzian Derivative to the Cohomology of Diffeomorphism Groups

by V. Ovsienko, Serge Tabachnikov, S Tabachnikov

Ideas of projective geometry keep reappearing in seemingly unrelated fields of mathematics. The authors' main goal in this 2005 book is to emphasize connections between classical projective differential geometry and contemporary mathematics and mathematical physics. They also give results and proofs of classic theorems. Exercises play a prominent role: historical and cultural comments set the basic notions in a broader context. The book opens by discussing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521831865
• ISBN13: 9780521831864
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"