Projective Differential Geometry Old and New

From the Schwarzian Derivative to the Cohomology of Diffeomorphism Groups

af V. (Universite Lyon I) Ovsienko

Ideas of projective geometry keep reappearing in seemingly unrelated fields of mathematics. This 2005 book provides a rapid route for graduate students and researchers to the frontiers of contemporary research in this evergreen subject. Exercises play a prominent role: historical and cultural comments relate the basic notions to a broader context.