In mathematics, spin geometry is the area of
differential geometry and
topology
In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing ho ...
where objects like
spin manifolds and
Dirac operator
In mathematics and quantum mechanics, a Dirac operator is a differential operator that is a formal square root, or half-iterate, of a second-order operator such as a Laplacian. The original case which concerned Paul Dirac was to factorise formally ...
s, and the various associated index theorems have come to play a fundamental role both in
mathematics and in
mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and t ...
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An important generalisation is the theory of
symplectic Dirac operators in symplectic spin geometry and
symplectic topology
Symplectic geometry is a branch of differential geometry and differential topology that studies symplectic manifolds; that is, differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form. Symplectic geometry has its origins in the ...
, which have become important fields of mathematical research.
See also
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Symplectic topology
Symplectic geometry is a branch of differential geometry and differential topology that studies symplectic manifolds; that is, differentiable manifolds equipped with a closed, nondegenerate 2-form. Symplectic geometry has its origins in the ...
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Spinor
In geometry and physics, spinors are elements of a complex vector space that can be associated with Euclidean space. Like geometric vectors and more general tensors, spinors transform linearly when the Euclidean space is subjected to a sligh ...
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Spinor bundle In differential geometry, given a spin structure on an n-dimensional orientable Riemannian manifold (M, g),\, one defines the spinor bundle to be the complex vector bundle \pi_\colon\to M\, associated to the corresponding principal bundle \pi_\co ...
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Spin manifold
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Differential topology
Differential geometry
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