Tensor Geometry: The Geometric Viewpoint and Its Uses: 130 - Rilegato

Dodson, C. T. J.; Poston, Timothy

 
9783540520184: Tensor Geometry: The Geometric Viewpoint and Its Uses: 130

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This treatment of differential geometry and the mathematics required for general relativity makes the subject of this book accessible for the first time to anyone familiar with elementary calculus in one variable and with a knowledge of some vector algebra.

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Contenuti

0. Fundamental Not(at)ions.- I. Real Vector Spaces.- II. Affine Spaces.- III. Dual Spaces.- IV. Metric Vector Spaces.- V. Tensors and Multilinear Forms.- VI Topological Vector Spaces.- VII. Differentiation and Manifolds.- VIII. Connections and Covariant Differentiation.- IX. Geodesics.- X. Curvature.- XI. Special Relativity.- XII. General Relativity.- Index of Notations.

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Book by Dodson C T J Poston Timothy

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