An Introduction to Manifolds
- المؤلف
- Loring W. Tu
- سنة النشر
- 2008
- الناشر
- Springer
- لغة الملف
- انكليزي
- نوع الملف
- Book
- تصنيف الكتاب
- Mathematics and Statistics
- تحميل الكتاب قراءة الكتاب
Manifolds, the higher-dimensional analogs of smooth curves and surfaces, are fundamental objects in modern mathematics. Combining aspects of algebra, topology, and analysis, manifolds have also been applied to classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum field theory. In this streamlined introduction to the subject, the theory of manifolds is presented with the aim of helping the reader achieve a rapid mastery of the essential topics. By the end of the book the reader should be able to compute, at least for simple spaces, one of the most basic topological invariants of a manifold, its de Rham cohomology. Along the way the reader acquires the knowledge and skills necessary for further study of geometry and topology.
الكلمات المفتاحية: Mathematics and Statistics / Algebraic topology / De Rham cohomology / Homotopy / Cohomology / Exterior derivative / Homology /manifold
