Starting from an undergraduate level, this book systematically develops the basics of โข Calculus on manifolds, vector bundles, vector fields and differential forms, โข Lie groups and Lie group actions, โข Linear symplectic algebra and symplectic geometry, โข Hamiltonian systems, symmetries and reductio
Geometry and physics
โ Scribed by Atiyah, M.; Dijkgraaf, R.; Hitchin, N.
- Book ID
- 121675123
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 368
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-3952
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