Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, Fourth Edition
CRC Press
4th Edition
Published on 1. July 2019
Book
Hardback
850 pages
978-1-4665-9911-6 (ISBN)
Description
Reflecting the latest version of Mathematica (R), this text provides an introduction to differential geometry by covering curves and surfaces in detail. Popular with students and professionals in mathematics, physics, and computer science, the book shows readers how to reproduce a large number of illustrations using Mathematica. This edition covers the latest mathematical research and moves the Mathematica notebooks to the authors' website, making the book even easier to use.
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Series
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-9911-6 (9781466599116)
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Previous edition

Elsa Abbena | Simon Salamon | Alfred Gray
Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica
Book
06/2006
3rd Edition
Chapman & Hall/CRC
€215.41
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Persons
Author
University di Torino, Italy
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Politecnico of Torino, Torino, Italy
Content
Curves in the Plane. Famous Plane Curves. Alternative Ways of Plotting Curves. New Curves from Old. Determining a Plane Curve from Its Curvature. Global Properties of Plane Curves. Curves in Space. Construction of Space Curves. Calculus on Euclidean Space. Surfaces in Euclidean Space. Nonorientable Surfaces. Metrics on Surfaces. Shape and Curvature. Ruled Surfaces. Surfaces of Revolution and Constant Curvature. A Selection of Minimal Surfaces. Intrinsic Surface Geometry. Asymptotic Curves and Geodesics on Surfaces. Principal Curves and Umbilic Points. Canal Surfaces and Cyclides of Dupin. The Theory of Surfaces of Constant Negative Curvature. Minimal Surfaces via Complex Variables. Rotation and Animation Using Quaternions. Differentiable Manifolds. Riemannian Manifolds. Abstract Surfaces and Their Geodesics. The Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.