| Foundations of Differential Geometry, 2 Volume Set Contributor(s): Kobayashi, Shoshichi (Author), Nomizu, Katsumi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470555580 ISBN-13: 9780470555583 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $284.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential |
| Series: Wiley Classics Library |
| Physical Information: 2.1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (2.75 lbs) 832 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This set features: Foundations of Differential Geometry, Volume 1 (978-0-471-15733-5) and Foundations of Differential Geometry, Volume 2 (978-0-471-15732-8), both by Shoshichi Kobayashi and Katsumi Nomizu This two-volume introduction to differential geometry, part of Wiley's popular Classics Library, lays the foundation for understanding an area of study that has become vital to contemporary mathematics. It is completely self-contained and will serve as a reference as well as a teaching guide. Volume 1 presents a systematic introduction to the field from a brief survey of differentiable manifolds, Lie groups and fibre bundles to the extension of local transformations and Riemannian connections. Volume 2 continues with the study of variational problems on geodesics through differential geometric aspects of characteristic classes. Both volumes familiarize readers with basic computational techniques. |