Differential Geometry with Applications to Mechanics and Physics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780824703851)

An introduction to differential geometry with applications to mechanics and physics. It covers topology and differential calculus in banach spaces; differentiable manifold and mapping submanifolds; tangent vector space; tangent bundle, vector field on manifold, Lie algebra structure, and one-parameter group of diffeomorphisms; exterior differential forms; Lie derivative and Lie algebra; n-form integration on n-manifold; Riemann geometry; and more. It includes 133 solved exercises.

Author: Yves Talpaert
ISBN-10: 0824703855
ISBN-13: 9780824703851
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2000
Pages: 476
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.97lbs
Size: 10.16h x 7.06w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2000 pg. 43