A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds
The book by Morita is a comprehensive introduction to differential forms. It begins with a quick introduction to the notion of differentiable manifolds and then develops basic properties of differential forms as well as fundamental results concerning them, such as the de Rham and Frobenius theorems. The second half of the book is devoted to more advanced material, including Laplacians and harmonic forms on manifolds, the concepts of vector bundles and fiber bundles, and the theory of characteristic classes. Among the less traditional topics treated is a detailed description of the Chern-Weil theory.
The book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students and for graduate students in geometry.
Country | USA |
Brand | Brand: American Mathematical Society |
Manufacturer | American Mathematical Society |
Binding | Paperback |
UnitCount | 1 |
EANs | 9780821810453 |
ReleaseDate | 0000-00-00 |