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Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces

This is a textbook on differential geometry well-suited to a variety of courses on this topic. For readers seeking an elementary text, the prerequisites are minimal and include plenty of examples and intermediate steps within proofs, while providing an invitation to more excursive applications and a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tapp, Kristopher (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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