Differential topology and geometry with applications to physics. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eduardo Nahmad-Achar.
• Authors: Nahmad-Achar, Eduardo
• Contents: Preface Notation 1. Synopsis of GeneralRelativity 2. Curves and Surfaces in E 3 3. Elements of Topology 4. Differentiable Manifolds 5. Tangent Vectors andTangent Spaces 6. TensorAlgebra 7. Tensor Fields andCommutators 8. Differential Forms andExterior Calculus 9. Maps Between Manifolds 10. Integration on Manifolds 11.Integral Curves and Lie Derivatives 12.Linear Connections 13.Geodesics 14.Torsion and Curvature 15.Pseudo-Riemannian Metric 16.Newtonian Space-Time and Thermodynamics 17.Special Relativity, Electrodynamics, and the Poincaré Group 18.General Relativity 19.Gravitational Radiation Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 514; Topology; Geometry, Differential; Mathematical physics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750320726; 9780750320719
• Related ISBNs: 9780750320702
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