Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles With Applications to Theoretical - Physic

Informationen zum Autor Before his retirement in 2014, Steinar Johannesen was an associate professor of mathematics at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Zusammenfassung This book provides a systematic presentation of the mathematical foundation of modern physics with applications particularly within classical mechanics and the theory of relativity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Smooth manifolds and vector bundles. Vector fields and differential equations. Tensors. Differential forms. Integration on manifolds. Metric and symplectic structures. Lie groups. Group actions. Fibre bundles. Isometric immersions and the second fundamental form. Jet bundles. Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Steinar Johannesen, Steinar (Oslo and Akershus University Johannesen, Johannesen Steinar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498796712
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-9671-2
• No. of pages: 641
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, MATHEMATICS / Geometry / Differential, Mathematical physics, Differential & Riemannian geometry, Differential and Riemannian geometry, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics