Synopses & Reviews
Theory of Frobenius manifolds, as well as all the necessary tools and several applications.
Synopsis
The author presents the theory of Frobenius manifolds, as well as all the necessary tools and several applications. Readers will find here a careful study of this exciting branch of maths. This book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers and graduate students wishing to work in this area.
Synopsis
The relations between Frobenius manifolds and singularity theory are treated here in a rigorous yet accessible manner. The author presents a simplified exposition of the theory as well as all the necessary tools and several applications. Readers will find here a careful and sound study of the fundamental structures and results in this exciting branch of maths. This book will serve as an excellent resource for researchers and graduate students who wish to work in this area.
Table of Contents
Part I. Multiplication on the Tangent Bundle: 1. Introduction to part 1; 2. Definition and first properties of F-manifolds; 3. Massive F-manifolds and Lagrange maps; 4. Discriminants and modality of F-manifolds; 5. Singularities and Coxeter groups; Part II. Frobenius Manifolds, Gauss-Manin Connections, and Moduli Spaces for Hypersurface Singularities: 6. Introduction to part 2; 7. Connections on the punctured plane; 8. Meromorphic connections; 9. Frobenius manifolds ad second structure connections; 10. Gauss-Manin connections for hypersurface singularities; 11. Frobenius manifolds for hypersurface singularities; 12. \mu-constant stratum; 13. Moduli spaces for singularities; 14. Variance of the spectral numbers.