| An Introduction to Finsler Geometry Contributor(s): Mo, Xiaohuan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9812567933 ISBN-13: 9789812567932 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2006 Annotation: This introductory book uses the moving frame as a tool and develops Finsler geometry on the basis of the Chern connection and the projective sphere bundle. It systematically introduces three classes of geometrical invariants on Finsler manifolds and their intrinsic relations, analyzes local and global results from classic and modern Finsler geometry, and gives non-trivial examples of Finsler manifolds satisfying different curvature conditions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - Differential |
| Dewey: 516.375 |
| Series: Peking University Series in Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |