Ebook: Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics: Proceedings of an NSF-CBMS Conference Held at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts, March 19–23, 1979

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Geometric aspects of global bifurcation in nonlinear elasticity....Pages 1-29
The branching of solutions of Einstein's equations....Pages 30-48
What does supergravity teach us about gravity?....Pages 49-68
Classical 1/2 spin particles interacting with gravitational fields: A supersymmetric model....Pages 69-77
Generalized constraint algorithm and special presymplectic manifolds....Pages 78-104
Deformations and quantization....Pages 105-121
Holomorphic gauge theory....Pages 122-144
A geometric variational formalism for the theory of nonlinear waves....Pages 145-161
Geometry of jet bundles and the structure of lagrangian and hamiltonian formalisms....Pages 162-218
Involution theorems....Pages 219-257

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Geometric aspects of global bifurcation in nonlinear elasticity....Pages 1-29
The branching of solutions of Einstein's equations....Pages 30-48
What does supergravity teach us about gravity?....Pages 49-68
Classical 1/2 spin particles interacting with gravitational fields: A supersymmetric model....Pages 69-77
Generalized constraint algorithm and special presymplectic manifolds....Pages 78-104
Deformations and quantization....Pages 105-121
Holomorphic gauge theory....Pages 122-144
A geometric variational formalism for the theory of nonlinear waves....Pages 145-161
Geometry of jet bundles and the structure of lagrangian and hamiltonian formalisms....Pages 162-218
Involution theorems....Pages 219-257
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