Manifold Theory - An Introduction for Mathematical Physicists

A comprehensive account of basic manifold theory for post graduate students. Contains more than 130 exercises, with helpful hints and solutions and introduces the basic theory of differential geometry to students in theoretical physics and mathematics.

List of contents

Vector spaces; Tensor algebra; Differential manifolds; Vector and tensor fields on a manifold; Exterior differential forms; Differentiation on a manifold; Pseudo-Riemannian and Riemannian manifolds; Symplectic manifolds; Lie groups; Integration on a manifold; Fibre bundles; Complex linear algebra and almost complex manifolds.

About the author

Daniel Martin, Glasgow University, UK

Product details

• Authors: Martin, D. Martin, Daniel Martin, Martin D.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2002
• EAN: 9781898563846
• ISBN: 978-1-898563-84-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 640 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Geometry; MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General, geometry