A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds
Published on 3. November 2018
XII, 468 pages
978-3-319-96992-3 (ISBN)
Description
Jon Pierre Fortney, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Reviews / Votes
"The reviewer recommends young mathematics and physics majors to open the book and to keep it on their bookshelves. Indeed, the reviewer even envies young students who can study differential forms with such a fascinating book." (Hirokazu Nishimura, zbMath 1419.58001, 2019)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 468 p. 258 illus., 243 illus. in color.
File size
15,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-96992-3 (9783319969923)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-96992-3
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Jon Pierre Fortney
A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds
Book
12/2018
Birkhäuser
€74.89
Shipment within 10-15 days
Person
Jon Pierre Fortney, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Content
Background Material.- An Introduction to Differential Forms.- The Wedgeproduct.- Exterior Differentiation.- Visualizing One-, Two-, and Three-Forms.- Push-Forwards and Pull-Backs.- Changes of Variables and Integration of Forms.- Vector Calculus and Differential Forms.- Manifolds and Forms on Manifolds.- Generalized Stokes' Theorem.- An Example: Electromagnetism.
