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The geometry of physics : an introduction

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521833302, 9780521833301, 0521539277, 9780521539272
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (8763324 bytes)
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
721\721
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-05-29 16:00:00

Description

I Manifolds, Tensors, and Exterior Forms: 1. Manifolds and Vector Fields -- 2. Tensors and Exterior Forms -- 3. Integration of Differential Forms -- 4. The Lie Derivative -- 5. The Poincare Lemma and Potentials -- 6. Holonomic and Nonholonomic Constraints -- II Geometry and Topology: 7. R3 and Minkowski Space -- 8. The Geometry of Surfaces in R3 -- 9. Covariant Differentiation and Curvature -- 10. Geodesics -- 11. Relativity, Tensors, and Curvature -- 12. Curvature and Topology: Synge's Theorem -- 13. Betti Numbers and De Rham's Theorem -- 14. Harmonic Forms -- III Lie Groups, Bundles, and Chern Forms: 15. Lie Groups -- 16. Vector Bundles in Geometry and Physics -- 17. Fiber Bundles, Gauss-Bonnet, and Topological Quantization -- 18. Connections and Associated Bundles -- 19. The Dirac Equation -- 20. Yang-Mills Fields -- 21. Betti Numbers and Covering Spaces -- 22. Chern Forms and Homotopy Groups

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