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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.

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Author:   Yves Talpaert (Ouagadougou University, Saint-Etienne d'Orthe, France) ,  Zuhair Nashed (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) ,  Earl Taft
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Volume:   v. 237
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780824703851

ISBN 10:   0824703855
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   12 September 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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The book is written in a very understandable and systematic way, with a lot of figures. A very good feature of the book is a collection of more than 130 exercises and problems ... . The book can be recommended for a wide range of students as a first book to read on the subject. It can be also useful for the preparation of courses on the topic. - EMS Newsletter . . .a self-contained introduction to differential geometry. . ..very succinct. ---Monatshefte fur Mathematik

The book is written in a very understandable and systematic way, with a lot of figures. A very good feature of the book is a collection of more than 130 exercises and problems . The book can be recommended for a wide range of students as a first book to read on the subject. It can be also useful for the preparation of courses on the topic. - EMS Newsletter . . .a self-contained introduction to differential geometry. . ..very succinct. ---Monatshefte f]r Mathematik

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