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MODERN GEOMETRY - METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
PART I: THE GEOMETRY OF SURFACES, TRANSFORMATION GROUPS, AND FIELDS |
| By: |
B. A. Dubrovin, A. T. Fomenko, I. S. Novikov |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£47.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387976639 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387976631 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
11 November, 1991 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. 1992 |
| Series: |
Graduate Texts in Mathematics 93 |
| Pages: |
470 |
| Description: |
This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry which emphasizes applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field theory. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry which emphasizes applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field theory. This new edition offers substantial revisions, and the material is written in concrete language with terminology acceptable to physicists. |
| Illustrations: |
XVI, 470 p. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |