Starting from an undergraduate level, this book systematically develops the basics of β’ Calculus on manifolds, vector bundles, vector fields and differential forms, β’ Lie groups and Lie group actions, β’ Linear symplectic algebra and symplectic geometry, β’ Hamiltonian systems, symmetries and reductio
Differential manifolds and theoretical physics, Volume 116
β Scribed by W. D. Curtis, F. R. Miller
- Book ID
- 127445527
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 10 MB
- Series
- Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
- ISBN
- 0122002318
- ASIN
- B003UHSKJI
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This work shows how the concepts of manifold theory can be used to describe the physical world. The concepts of modern differential geometry are presented in this comprehensive study of classical mechanics, field theory, and simple quantum effects. - This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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