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Lectures on the geometry of manifolds /

"The goal of this book is to introduce the reader to some of the most frequently used techniques in modern global geometry. Suited to the beginning graduate student willing to specialize in this very challenging field, the necessary prerequisite is a good knowledge of several variables calculus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicolaescu, Liviu I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2007.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Natural constructions on manifolds
  • 3. Calculus on manifolds
  • 4. Riemannian geometry
  • 5. Elements of the calculus of variations
  • 6. The fundamental group and covering spaces
  • 7. Cohomology
  • 8. Characteristic classes
  • 9. Classical integral geometry
  • 10. Elliptic equations on manifolds
  • 11. Dirac operators.