Differential Geometry /
This book is intended to meet the need for a text introducing advanced students in mathematics, physics, and engineering to the field of differential geometry. It is self-contained, requiring only a knowledge of the calculus. The material is presented in a simple and understandable but rigorous mann...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Heritage
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARIES
- CHAPTER II. THEORY OF CURVES
- CHAPTER III. CONCEPT OF A SURFACE. FIRST FUNDAMENTAL FORM. FOUNDATIONS OF TENSOR CALCULUS
- CHAPTER IV. SECOND FUNDAMENTAL FORM. GAUSSIAN AND MEAN CURVATURE OF A SURFACE
- CHAPTER V. GEODESIC CURVATURE AND GEODESICS
- CHAPTER VI. MAPPINGS
- CHAPTER VII. ABSOLUTE DIFFERENTIATION AND PARALLEL DISPLACEMENT
- CHAPTER VIII. SPECIAL SURFACES
- SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS
- ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
- COLLECTION OF FORMULAE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX