This self-contained textbook presents an exposition of the well-known classical two-dimensional geometries, such as Euclidean, spherical, hyperbolic, and the locally Euclidean torus, and introduces the basic concepts of Euler numbers for topological triangulations, and Riemannian metrics. The carefu
Curved Spaces - From Classical Geometry to Elementary Differential Geometry
โ Scribed by P. M. H. Wilson
- Publisher
- CUP
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 198
- Category
- Library
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