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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471157333
ISBN-13
9780471157335
eBay Product ID (ePID)
402297
Product Key Features
Author
Katsumi Nomizu, Shoshichi Kobayashi
Publication Name
Foundations of Differential Geometry, Volume 1
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Series
Wiley Classics Library
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
62
Lc Classification Number
Qa641.K724 1996
Volume Number
Vol. 1
Table of Content
Differentiable Manifolds. Theory of Connections. Linear and Affine Connections. Riemannian Connections. Curvature and Space Forms. Transformations. Appendices. Notes. Summary of Basic Notations. Bibliography. Index.