| Applicable Differential Geometry Contributor(s): Crampin, M. (Author), Pirani, F. a. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521231906 ISBN-13: 9780521231909 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $127.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1987 Annotation: This is an introduction to geometrical topics useful in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, including manifolds, metrics, connections, Lie groups, spinors and bundles, preparing the reader for the study of modern treatments of mechanics, gauge field theories, relativity and gravitation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Dewey: 516.36 |
| LCCN: 81018188 |
| Series: London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.06" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is an introduction to geometrical topics that are useful in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, including manifolds, metrics, connections, Lie groups, spinors and bundles, preparing readers for the study of modern treatments of mechanics, gauge fields theories, relativity and gravitation. The order of presentation corresponds to that used for the relevant material in theoretical physics: the geometry of affine spaces, which is appropriate to special relativity theory, as well as to Newtonian mechanics, is developed in the first half of the book, and the geometry of manifolds, which is needed for general relativity and gauge field theory, in the second half. Analysis is included not for its own sake, but only where it illuminates geometrical ideas. The style is informal and clear yet rigorous; each chapter ends with a summary of important concepts and results. In addition there are over 650 exercises, making this a book which is valuable as a text for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. |