| Almost-Bieberbach Groups: Affine and Polynomial Structures 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Dekimpe, Karel (Author) |
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ISBN: 3540618996 ISBN-13: 9783540618997 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1996 Annotation: Starting from basic knowledge of nilpotent (Lie) groups, an algebraic theory of almost-Bieberbach groups, the fundamental groups of infra-nilmanifolds, is developed. These are a natural generalization of the well known Bieberbach groups and many results about ordinary Bieberbach groups turn out to generalize to the almost-Bieberbach groups. Moreover, using affine representations, explicit cohomology computations can be carried out, or resulting in a classification of the almost-Bieberbach groups in low dimensions. The concept of a polynomial structure, an alternative for the affine structures that sometimes fail, is introduced. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Algebra - Linear - Mathematics | Group Theory - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential |
| Dewey: 512.55 |
| LCCN: 96039127 |
| Series: NATO Asi Series |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.86 lbs) 262 pages |