TY - BOOK ID - 208379 TI - Projective Duality and Homogeneous Spaces PY - 2005 SN - 1280305126 9786610305124 3540269576 3540228985 3642061729 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Geometry, Projective. KW - Duality theory (Mathematics) KW - Homogeneous spaces. KW - Projective geometry KW - Geometry, Modern KW - Spaces, Homogeneous KW - Lie groups KW - Algebra KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Topology KW - Geometry, algebraic. KW - Topological Groups. KW - Global differential geometry. KW - Topology. KW - Combinatorics. KW - Algebraic Geometry. KW - Topological Groups, Lie Groups. KW - Differential Geometry. KW - Combinatorics KW - Analysis situs KW - Position analysis KW - Rubber-sheet geometry KW - Geometry KW - Polyhedra KW - Set theory KW - Algebras, Linear KW - Geometry, Differential KW - Groups, Topological KW - Continuous groups KW - Algebraic geometry KW - Algebraic geometry. KW - Topological groups. KW - Lie groups. KW - Differential geometry. KW - Differential geometry KW - Groups, Lie KW - Lie algebras KW - Symmetric spaces KW - Topological groups UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:208379 AB - Projective duality is a very classical notion naturally arising in various areas of mathematics, such as algebraic and differential geometry, combinatorics, topology, analytical mechanics, and invariant theory, and the results in this field were until now scattered across the literature. Thus the appearance of a book specifically devoted to projective duality is a long-awaited and welcome event. Projective Duality and Homogeneous Spaces covers a vast and diverse range of topics in the field of dual varieties, ranging from differential geometry to Mori theory and from topology to the theory of algebras. It gives a very readable and thorough account and the presentation of the material is clear and convincing. For the most part of the book the only prerequisites are basic algebra and algebraic geometry. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students as well as professional mathematicians working in algebra, geometry and analysis. ER -