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Riemannian geometry : a modern introduction /

This corrected and clarified second edition, including a new chapter on the Riemannian geometry of surfaces, provides an introduction to the geometry of curved spaces. Its main theme is the effect of the curvature of spaces on the usual notions of geometry, angles, lengths, areas, and volumes, and o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chavel, Isaac
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; 98.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This corrected and clarified second edition, including a new chapter on the Riemannian geometry of surfaces, provides an introduction to the geometry of curved spaces. Its main theme is the effect of the curvature of spaces on the usual notions of geometry, angles, lengths, areas, and volumes, and on those new notions and ideas motivated by curvature itself.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 471 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-464) and indexes.
ISBN:9780511221200
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