First Steps in Differential Geometry

Riemannian, Contact, Symplectic
Buch | Hardcover
410 Seiten
2013
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4614-7731-0 (ISBN)

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First Steps in Differential Geometry - Andrew McInerney
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Differential geometry arguably offers the smoothest transition from the standard university mathematics sequence of the first four semesters in calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations to the higher levels of abstraction and proof encountered at the upper division by mathematics majors. Today it is possible to describe differential geometry as "the study of structures on the tangent space," and this text develops this point of view.

This book, unlike other introductory texts in differential geometry, develops the architecture necessary to introduce symplectic and contact geometry alongside its Riemannian cousin. The main goal of this book is to bring the undergraduate student who already has a solid foundation in the standard mathematics curriculum into contact with the beauty of higher mathematics. In particular, the presentation here emphasizes the consequences of a definition and the careful use of examples and constructions in order to explore those consequences.

Andrew McInerney is a mathematics professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

Basic Objects and Notation.- Linear Algebra Essentials.- Advanced Calculus.- Differential Forms and Tensors.- Riemannian Geometry.- Contact Geometry.- Symplectic Geometry.- References.- Index.

Reihe/Serie Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Zusatzinfo 25 Illustrations, color; 29 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 410 p. 54 illus., 25 illus. in color.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Analysis
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geometrie / Topologie
Schlagworte Contact Geometry • differential forms • Differential Geometry • Riemannian Geometry • Symplectic Geometry • Tensors
ISBN-10 1-4614-7731-X / 146147731X
ISBN-13 978-1-4614-7731-0 / 9781461477310
Zustand Neuware
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