Author	Burstall, Francis E. author
Title	Twistor Theory for Riemannian Symmetric Spaces [electronic resource] : With Applications to Harmonic Maps of Riemann Surfaces / by Francis E. Burstall, John H. Rawnsley
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0095561
Descript	110 p. online resource

In this monograph on twistor theory and its applications to harmonic map theory, a central theme is the interplay between the complex homogeneous geometry of flag manifolds and the real homogeneous geometry of symmetric spaces. In particular, flag manifolds are shown to arise as twistor spaces of Riemannian symmetric spaces. Applications of this theory include a complete classification of stable harmonic 2-spheres in Riemannian symmetric spaces and a Bรคcklund transform for harmonic 2-spheres in Lie groups which, in many cases, provides a factorisation theorem for such spheres as well as gap phenomena. The main methods used are those of homogeneous geometry and Lie theory together with some algebraic geometry of Riemann surfaces. The work addresses differential geometers, especially those with interests in minimal surfaces and homogeneous manifolds

Homogeneous geometry -- Harmonic maps and twistor spaces -- Symmetric spaces -- Flag manifolds -- The twistor space of a Riemannian symmetric space -- Twistor lifts over Riemannian symmetric spaces -- Stable Harmonic 2-spheres -- Factorisation of harmonic spheres in Lie groups

1. Mathematics
2. Topological groups
3. Lie groups
4. Fourier analysis
5. Differential geometry
6. Mathematics
7. Differential Geometry
8. Topological Groups
9. Lie Groups
10. Fourier Analysis