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Differential Geometry J. J. Stoker

Differential Geometry By J. J. Stoker

Differential Geometry by J. J. Stoker


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Summary

This established introduction to differential geometry aims to make this branch of mathematics accessible to the non-specialist by the use of three different notations: vector algebra and calculus, tensor calculus and the notation devised by Cartan.

Differential Geometry Summary

Differential Geometry by J. J. Stoker

This introduction to differential geometry is now available in paperback. Stoker makes this fertile branch of mathematics accessible to the nonspecialist by the use of three different notations: vector algebra and calculus, tensor calculus and the notation devised by Cartan, which employs invariant differential forms as elements in an algebra due to Grassman, combined with an operation called exterior differentiation. Readers are assumed to have a passing acquaintance with linear algebra and the basic elements of analysis.

About J. J. Stoker

James J Stoker was an American applied mathematician and engineer. He was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and is considered one of the founders of the institute, Courant and Friedrichs being the others. Stoker is known for his work in differential geometry and theory of water waves.

Table of Contents

Operations with Vectors. Plane Curves. Space Curves. The Basic Elements of Surface Theory. Some Special Surfaces. The Partial Differential Equations of Surface Theory. Inner Differential Geometry in the Small from the Extrinsic Point of View. Differential Geometry in the Large. Intrinsic Differential Geometry of Manifolds; Relativity. The Wedge Product and the Exterior Derivative of Differential Forms, with Applications to Surface Theory. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Additional information

CIN0471504033G
9780471504030
0471504033
Differential Geometry by J. J. Stoker
Used - Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
1989-04-19
432
N/A
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