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The Variational Theory of Geodesics

By M. M. Postnikov

Book information

Publisher
Dover Pubns
Year
1983
ISBN
0486631664, 9780486631660
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2721984 bytes)
Pages
200\227
Time added
2016-03-20 17:52:17

Description

Compact, self-contained text by noted theorist presents the most fundamental aspects of modern differential geometry as well as the basic tools required for the study of Morse theory. Advanced treatment; analytical rather than topological aspects of Morse theory emphasized. Contents: 1. Smooth Manifolds. 2. Spaces of Affine Connection. 3. Riemannian Spaces. 4. The Variational Properties of Geodesics. Appendix Focal Points. 5. A Reduction Theorem. Index. Unabridged republication of the 1967 edition.

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