Modern Geometry- Methods and Applications: Part II: The Geometry and Topology of Manifolds by S. P. Novikov, B. A. Dubrovin, A. T. Fomenko (Paperback, 2012)
Up until recently, Riemannian geometry and basic topology were not included, even by departments or faculties of mathematics, as compulsory subjects in a university-level mathematical education. The standard courses in the classical differential geometry of curves and surfaces which were given instead (and still are given in some places) have come gradually to be viewed as anachronisms. However, there has been hitherto no unanimous agreement as to exactly how such courses should be brought up to date, that is to say, which parts of modern geometry should be regarded as absolutely essential to a modern mathematical education, and what might be the appropriate level of abstractness of their exposition. The task of designing a modernized course in geometry was begun in 1971 in the mechanics division of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. The subject-matter and level of abstractness of its exposition were dictated by the view that, in addition to the geometry of curves and surfaces, the following topics are certainly useful in the various areas of application of mathematics (especially in elasticity and relativity, to name but two), and are therefore essential: the theory of tensors (including covariant differentiation of them); Riemannian curvature; geodesics and the calculus of variations (including the conservation laws and Hamiltonian formalism); the particular case of skew-symmetric tensors (i. e.
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461270119
eBay Product ID (ePID)
140016947
Product Key Features
Author
S. P. Novikov, B. A. Dubrovin, A. T. Fomenko
Publication Name
Modern Geometry- Methods and Applications: Part II: the Geometry and Topology of Manifolds
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Mathematics
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
104
Item Weight
688g
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Title_Author
B. A. Dubrovin, S. P. Novikov, A. T. Fomenko
Series Title
Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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