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A First Course in Differential Geometry
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This book proposes a new approach which is designed to serve as an introductory course in differential geometry for advanced undergraduate students. It is based on lectures given by the author at several universities, and discusses calculus, topology, and linear algebra.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. DIFFERENTIABLE MANIFOLDS IN IRn
- 1.1 The Space IRn
- 1.2 Differentiable Functions
- 1.3 Differentiable Manifolds in IRn
- 1.4 Parameterizations and Maps
- 1.5 The Tangent Space of a Manifold
- 1.6 Differentiable Mappings of Manifolds
- 1.7 Orientable and Nonorientable Manifolds
- 1.8 Tensors and Tensor Fields on Manifolds
- 2. CURVES IN E2 AND E3
- 2.1 The Natural Parameterization
- 2.2 Local Euclidean Invariants
- 2.3 Computation Formulas: Comments and Applications
- 2.4 Global Theorems for Embedded Curves
- 2.5 Plane Curves
- 3. SURFACES IN E3
- 3.1 The Fundamental Tensors
- 3.2 Geometry of the Second Fundamental Form
- 3.3 The Covariant Derivative and the Fundamental Theorem
- 3.4 Curves on Surfaces: Geodesic Lines
- 3.5 Some Particular Classes of Surfaces
- 3.6 The Gauss-Bonnet Formula. Compact Surfaces
- REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS
- INDEX