Foundations of differential geometry

This two-volume introduction to differential geometry, part of Wiley's popular Classics Library, lays the foundation for understanding an area of study that has become vital to contemporary mathematics. It is completely self-contained and will serve as a reference as well as a teaching guide. V...

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Main Author: Kobayashi, Shoshichi
Other Authors: Nomizu, Katsumi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York J. Wiley & Sons 1996
Edition:Wiley classics library ed
Series:Wiley classics library
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Summary:This two-volume introduction to differential geometry, part of Wiley's popular Classics Library, lays the foundation for understanding an area of study that has become vital to contemporary mathematics. It is completely self-contained and will serve as a reference as well as a teaching guide. Volume 1 presents a systematic introduction to the field from a brief survey of differentiable manifolds, Lie groups and fibre bundles to the extension of local transformations and Riemannian connections. The second volume continues with the study of variational problems on geodesics through differential geometric aspects of characteristic classes. Both volumes familiarize readers with basic computational techniques.
Item Description:"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Physical Description:2 v. 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0471157333 (v. 1)
0471157325 (v. 2)