Differential Geometry and Analysis on CR Manifolds

The study of CR manifolds lies at the intersection of three main mathematical disciplines, partial differential equations: complex analysis in several complex variables, and differential geometry. While the PDE and complex analytic aspects have been intensely studied in the last fifty years, much effort has been recently made to understand the differential geometric side of the subject. This monograph provides a unified presentation of several differential geometric aspects in the theory of CR manifolds and tangential CauchyRiemann equations. Motivated by clear exposition, many examples, explicitly worked-out geometric results, and stimulating unproved statements and comments referring to the most recent aspects of the theory, this monograph is suitable for researchers and graduate students in differential geometry, complex analysis, and PDEs.

Presents many major differential geometric acheivements in the theory of CR manifolds for the first time in book form Explains how certain results from analysis are employed in CR geometry Many examples and explicitly worked-out proofs of main geometric results in the first section of the book making it suitable as a graduate main course or seminar textbook Provides unproved statements and comments inspiring further study

Contenu
CR Manifolds.- The Fefferman Metric.- The CR Yamabe Problem.- Pseudoharmonic Maps.- Pseudo-Einsteinian Manifolds.- Pseudo-Hermitian Immersions.- Quasiconformal Mappings.- Yang-Mills Fields on CR Manifolds.- Spectral Geometry.