Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with MATHEMATICA: Second Edition (Studies in Advanced Mathematics) - Hardcover

Gray, Alfred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849371643 ISBN 13: 9780849371646

Publisher: CRC-Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book not only explains and develops the classical theory of curves, but also allows the reader to reproduce and study curves and surfaces using computer methods. This second edition contains eight new chapters on global curve theory, space curves, minimal surfaces, inversions, cyclides, the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem and global surface theory.

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About the Author

Gray; Alfred University of Maryland, College Park, USA,

Review

"I wish that I would have used this book as my introduction to differential geometry instead of the here-unnamed horror-flick-of-a-book required by my early professors on the subjectIn the high-turnover of textbooks this much improved 2nd edition is truly deserving of the title and furthermore acts as an excellent tribute to its author." - The Mathematica Journal, Vol. 7 No. 2, 1998 "More than any other text I am aware of, Gray integrates computing into the materialGray's Mathematica programs offer new and fascinating ways to present material. With an appropriate selection of material the first edition and, even better, the present second edition, may provide an excellent background for a course on the subjectsecond edition provides considerable extensions of the subjectsauthor's acknowledgements show that comments from a lot of well-known geometers have lead to an improvement of the book." --Bernd Wegner, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 942

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC-Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849371643
• ISBN 13: 9780849371646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1053