Applicable Differential Geometry - Brossura

Crampin, M.

 
9780521231909: Applicable Differential Geometry

Sinossi

An introduction to geometrical topics used in applied mathematics and theoretical physics.

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Descrizione del libro

Applicable Differential Geometry is an introduction to geometrical topics which are useful in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. It discusses the geometry of affine spaces which is appropriate for the theory of special relativity as well as to Newtonian mechanics, as well as the geometry of manifolds, employed in general relativity and gauge field theory.

Contenuti

The background: vector calculus; 1. Affine spaces; 2. Curves, functions and derivatives; 3. Vector fields and flows; 4. Volumes and subspaces: exterior algebra; 5. Calculus of forms; 6. Frobenius's theorem; 7. Metrics on affine spaces; 8. Isometrics; 9. Geometry of surfaces; 10. Manifolds; 11. Connections; 12. Lie groups; 13. The tangent and cotangent bundles; 14. Fibre bundles; 15. Connections revisited.

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