Differential Geometry: Manifolds, Curves, and Surfaces /

This book is an introduction to modern differential geometry. The authors begin with the necessary tools from analysis and topology, including Sard's theorem, de Rham cohomology, calculus on manifolds, and a degree theory. The general theory is illustrated and expanded using the examples of cur...

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Main Author: Berger, Marcel
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gostiaux, Bernard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1988.
Series:Graduate texts in mathematics ; 115.
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Summary:This book is an introduction to modern differential geometry. The authors begin with the necessary tools from analysis and topology, including Sard's theorem, de Rham cohomology, calculus on manifolds, and a degree theory. The general theory is illustrated and expanded using the examples of curves and surfaces. In particular, the book contains the classical local and global theory of surfaces, including the fundamental forms, curvature, the Gauss-Bonnet formula, geodesics, and minimal surfaces.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 476 pages)
ISBN:9781461210337 (electronic bk.)
146121033X (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0072-5285 ;