Introductory differential geometry for physicists / A. Visconti
Digitised Book 216.73.216.107 (0)
Information About
This book looks at differential geometry from three approaches. The intuitive approach, the taxonomic approach and the intrinsic approach. Other topics covered include vector fields and fibre spaces.
Additional Details
- Title
- Introductory differential geometry for physicists / A. Visconti
- Creators
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- Visconti, Antoine
- Subject
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- Geometry, Differential
- Mathematical physics
- Publisher
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- World Scientific,
- National Library Board Singapore,
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- ch.I level 0: The intuitive approach : theory of surfaces (19th century) -- ch.II level 1: The taxonomic approach. A. Manifolds:tensor fields : covariant differentiation. B. Riemannian geometry. C. Miscellaneous questions -- ch.III level 2: The intrinsic approach. A. Differentiable manifolds. B. Tangent vector space. C. Cotangent vector space. D. Integration of differential forms. E. Theory of linear connections. F. Riemannian geometry. G. Vector fields and lie groups -- ch.IV: Fibre spaces. A. Fibre bundles. B. Connections -- Bibliography – Index.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.