Introduction to Differential Geometry
Introduction to Differential GeometryLecture Notes for MAT367Contents1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The concept of manifolds: Informal discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manifolds in Euclidean space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrinsic descriptions of manifolds.
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Some history In the words of S.S. Chern, ”the fundamental objects of study in differential geome-try are manifolds.” 1 Roughly, an n-dimensional manifold is a mathematical object that “locally” looks like Rn.The theory of manifolds has a …
Download Introduction to Differential Geometry
Information
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document: