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Coordinate-free classic geometries
Sasha Anan'ina, Carlos H. Grossib a Departamento de Matemática, IMECC, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil
b Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
Abstract:
This paper is devoted to a coordinate-free approach to several classic geometries such as hyperbolic (real, complex, quaternionic), elliptic (spherical, Fubini–Study), and lorentzian (de Sitter, anti de Sitter) ones. These geometries carry a certain simple structure that is in some sense stronger than the riemannian structure. Their basic geometrical objects have linear nature and provide natural compactifications of classic spaces. The usual riemannian concepts are easily derivable from the strong structure and thus gain their coordinate-free form. Many examples illustrate fruitful features of the approach. The framework introduced here has already been shown to be adequate for solving problems concerning particular classic spaces.
Key words and phrases:
classic geometries, hyperbolic geometry, Fubini–Study metric, parallel transport.
Received: June 19, 2010; in revised form September 17, 2010
Citation:
Sasha Anan'in, Carlos H. Grossi, “Coordinate-free classic geometries”, Mosc. Math. J., 11:4 (2011), 633–655
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