The Variational Theory of Geodesics - Brossura

Postnikov, M. M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486838285 ISBN 13: 9780486838281

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2019

Riassunto

Riemannian geometry is a fundamental area of modern mathematics and is important to the study of relativity. Within the larger context of Riemannian mathematics, the active subdiscipline of geodesics (shortest paths) in Riemannian spaces is of particular significance. This compact and self-contained text by a noted theorist presents the essentials of modern differential geometry as well as basic tools for the study of Morse theory. The advanced treatment emphasizes analytical rather than topological aspects of Morse theory and requires a solid background in calculus.
Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of mathematics, the text opens with a chapter on smooth manifolds, followed by a consideration of spaces of affine connection. Subsequent chapters explore Riemannian spaces and offer an extensive treatment of the variational properties of geodesics and auxiliary theorems and matters.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Soviet mathematician Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov (1927&;2004) worked primarily in algebraic and differential topology. He was on the Mechanics and Mathematics faculty of Moscow State University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486838285
• ISBN 13: 9780486838281
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Gelbaum Bernard R.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia