| Modern Geometry -- Methods and Applications: Part I: The Geometry of Surfaces, Transformation Groups, and Fields 1992 Edition Contributor(s): Burns, R. G. (Translator), Dubrovin, B. a. (Author), Fomenko, A. T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0387976639 ISBN-13: 9780387976631 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1991 Annotation: This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry, with emphasis on applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field theory. This material is explained in as simple and concrete a language as possible, in a terminology acceptable to physicists. The text for the second edition has been substantially revised. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential - Mathematics | Calculus - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 515.64 |
| LCCN: 92123331 |
| Series: Universitext |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.90 lbs) 470 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry which emphasizes applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field theory. This new edition offers substantial revisions, and the material is written in concrete language with terminology acceptable to physicists. |