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This book introduces the concepts of tensor algebras and differentiable manifolds to the intermediate-level student. It describes analytical and geometrical structures built on these basic concepts. Those structures -- which include differential forms and their integration, flows, Lie derivatives, distributions and their integrability conditions, connections, and pseudo-Riemannian and symplectic manifolds -- are then applied to the description of the fundamental ideas and Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics, and special and...
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Robert H. Wasserman is at University of Michigan (Emeritus).
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"Considering the complexity of the material, the tone is friendly; one can almost hear Wasserman lecturing. The presentation is rigorous without being pedantic. Excellent exercises. Highly recommended." --Choice
"First, the emphasis is placed on mathematical structures and all chapters are built around them. . . Second, the text is highly interactive: problems appear all the time and problems are turned into exercises. Third, the author does not shy away from...
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0195065611
- ISBN 13 9780195065619
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages424
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