Curvature in Mathematics and Physics
Curvature in Mathematics and Physics This original text for courses in differential geometry is geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate majors in math and physics. A discussion of the…
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Curvature in Mathematics and Physics
This original text for courses in differential geometry is geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate majors in math and physics. A discussion of the fundamental notions of linear connections and their curvatures follows, along with considerations of Levi-Civita's theorem, bi-invariant metrics on a Lie group, Cartan calculations, Gauss's lemma, and variational formulas. Based on an advanced class taught by a world-renowned mathematician for more than fifty years, the treatment introduces semi-Riemannian geometry and its principal physical application, Einstein's theory of general relativity, using the Cartan exterior calculus as a principal tool.Starting with an introduction to the various curvatures associated to a hypersurface embedded in Euclidean space, the text advances to a brief review of the differential and integral calculus on manifolds.
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