| Handbook of Finsler Geometry 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Antonelli, P. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402015577 ISBN-13: 9781402015571 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential - Mathematics | Mathematical Analysis - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General |
| Dewey: 005.131 |
| LCCN: 2003062716 |
| Physical Information: 1437 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There are several mathematical approaches to Finsler Geometry, all of which are contained and expounded in this comprehensive Handbook. The principal bundles pathway to state-of-the-art Finsler Theory is here provided by M. Matsumoto. His is a cornerstone for this set of essays, as are the articles of R. Miron (Lagrange Geometry) and J. Szilasi (Spray and Finsler Geometry). After studying either one of these, the reader will be able to understand the included survey articles on complex manifolds, holonomy, sprays and KCC-theory, symplectic structures, Legendre duality, Hodge theory and Gauss-Bonnet formulas. Finslerian diffusion theory is presented by its founders, P. Antonelli and T. Zastawniak. To help with calculations and conceptualizations, a CD-ROM containing the software package FINSLER, based on MAPLE, is included with the book. |