A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 50) - Hardcover

 
9780521831819: A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications, Series Number 50)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521831814 ISBN 13: 9780521831819
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Finsler geometry generalizes Riemannian geometry in the same sense that Banach spaces generalize Hilbert spaces. This book presents an expository account of seven important topics in Riemann-Finsler geometry, ones which have recently undergone significant development but have not had a detailed pedagogical treatment elsewhere. Each article will open the door to an active area of research, and is suitable for a special topics course in graduate-level differential geometry. The contributors consider issues related to volume, geodesics, curvature, complex differential geometry, and parametrized jet bundles, and include a variety of instructive examples.

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Book Description

Expository accounts of six important topics in Finsler geometry suitable for a special-topics graduate course in differential geometry. They treat issues related to volume, geodesics, curvature and mathematical biology, and provide a good variety of instructive examples.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521831814
ISBN 13 
9780521831819
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
376
Editor
Bao David, Bryant Robert L., Chern Shiing-Shen, Shen Zhongmin

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