An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry and the Tensor Calculus - Brossura

Weatherburn, C. E.

 
9780521091886: An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry and the Tensor Calculus

Sinossi

The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between differential geometry of Euclidean space of three dimensions and differential geometry of generalised space.

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Descrizione del libro

The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between differential geometry of Euclidean space of three dimensions and the more advanced work on differential geometry of generalised space.

Contenuti

1. Some Preliminaries; 2. Coordinates, Vectors , Tensors; 3. Riemannian Metric; 4. Christoffel's Three-Index Symbols. Covariant Differentiation; 5. Curvature of a Curve. Geodeics, Parallelism of Vectors; 6. Congruences and Orthogonal Ennuples; 7. Riemann Symbols. Curvature of a Riemannian Space; 8. Hypersurfaces; 9. Hypersurfaces in Euclidean Space. Spaces of Constant Curvature; 10. Subspaces of a Riemannian Space.

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9780521067522: An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry and the Tensor Calculus

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521067529 ISBN 13:  9780521067522
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1938
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