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Riemannian Geometry.

In his classic work of geometry, Euclid focused on the properties of flat surfaces. In the age of exploration, mapmakers such as Mercator had to concern themselves with the properties of spherical surfaces. The study of curved surfaces, or non-Euclidean geometry, flowered in the late nineteenth cent...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton University Press, 2016.
Collection:Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics and Physics
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter I. Tensor analysis
  • Chapter II. Introduction of a metric
  • Chapter III. Orthogonal ennuples
  • Chapter IV. The geometry of sub-spaces
  • Chapter V. Sub-spaces of a flat space
  • Chapter VI. Groups of motions
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index