An introduction to differentiable manifolds and Riemannian geometry /

This is a revised printing of one of the classic mathematics texts published in the last 25 years. This revised edition includes updated references and indexes and error corrections and will continue to serve as the standard text for students and professionals in the field. Differential manifolds ar...

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Main Author: Boothby, William M. (William Munger), 1918-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Orlando : Academic Press, 1986.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Pure and applied mathematics (Academic Press) ; 120.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is a revised printing of one of the classic mathematics texts published in the last 25 years. This revised edition includes updated references and indexes and error corrections and will continue to serve as the standard text for students and professionals in the field. Differential manifolds are the underlying objects of study in much of advanced calculus and analysis. Topics such as line and surface integrals, divergence and curl of vector fields, and Stokeand#39;s and Greenand#39;s theorems find their most natural setting in manifold theory. Riemannian plane geometry can be visualized a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 430 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index.
ISBN:9780080874395
0080874398
9780121160531
012116053X