Lectures on Nonsmooth Differential Geometry

di Nicola Gigli (Autore)

Enrico Pasqualetto (Autore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

This book provides an introduction to some aspects of the flourishing field of nonsmooth geometric analysis. In particular, a quite detailed account of the first-order structure of general metric measure spaces is presented, and the reader is introduced to the second-order calculus on spaces – known as RCD spaces – satisfying a synthetic lower Ricci curvature bound. Examples of the main topics covered include notions of Sobolev space on abstract metric measure spaces; normed modules, which constitute a convenient technical tool for the introduction of a robust differential structure in the nonsmooth setting; first-order differential operators and the corresponding functional spaces; the theory of heat flow and its regularizing properties, within the general framework of “infinitesimally Hilbertian” metric measure spaces; the RCD condition and its effects on the behavior of heat flow; and second-order calculus on RCD spaces. The book is mainly intended for young researchers seeking acomprehensive and fairly self-contained introduction to this active research field. The only prerequisites are a basic knowledge of functional analysis, measure theory, and Riemannian geometry.

• Autore: Nicola Gigli, Enrico Pasqualetto
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Collana: SISSA Springer Series
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 204 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783030386122

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