Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics: Proceedings of an Nsf-Cbms Conference Held at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts, March 19-23, 1979 (Paperback, 1980)

Geometric aspects of global bifurcation in nonlinear elasticity.- The branching of solutions of Einstein's equations.- What does supergravity teach us about gravity?.- Classical 1/2 spin particles interacting with gravitational fields: A supersymmetric model.- Generalized constraint algorithm and special presymplectic manifolds.- Deformations and quantization.- Holomorphic gauge theory.- A geometric variational formalism for the theory of nonlinear waves.- Geometry of jet bundles and the structure of lagrangian and hamiltonian formalisms.- Involution theorems.