The geometry of physics : an introduction /

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Autor Principal: Frankel, Theodore, 1929-
Formato: Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001, c1997.
Edición:Rev. ed.
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245 1 4 |a The geometry of physics :  |b an introduction /  |c Theodore Frankel. 
250 |a Rev. ed. 
260 |a Cambridge :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2001, c1997. 
300 |a xxiv, 666 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 26 cm. 
500 |a Contiene correcciones a la ed. de 1997, y un nuevo apéndice. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 651-653) e índice. 
505 0 |a Part 1. Manifolds, tensors and exterior forms: 1. Manifolds and vector fields -- 2. Tensors and exterior forms -- 3. Integration of differential forms -- 4. The Lie derivative -- 5. The Poincaré lemma and potentials -- 6. Holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. 
505 0 |a Part 2. Geometry and topology: 7. $R3$ and Minkowski space -- 8. The geometry of surfaces in $R3$ -- 9. Covariant differentiation and curvature -- 10. Geodesics -- 11. Relativity, tensors, and curvature -- 12. Curvature and topology: Synge's theorem -- 13. Betti numbers and de Rham's theorem -- 14. Harmonic forms. 
505 0 |a Part 3. Lie groups, bundles and Chern forms: 15. Lie groups -- 16. Vector bundles in geometry and physics -- 17. Fiber bundles, Gauss-Bonnet, and topological quantization -- 18. Connections and associated bundles -- 19. The Dirac equation -- 20. Yang-Mills fields -- 21. Betti numbers and covering spaces -- 22. Chern forms and homotopy groups. 
505 0 |a Appendix A. Forms in continuum mechanics -- Appendix B. Harmonic chains and Kirchhoff's circuit laws. 
510 4 |a MR,  |c 98h:58001 
020 |a 0521387531 (pbk) 
020 |a 052138334X 
100 1 |a Frankel, Theodore,  |d 1929- 
650 0 |a Geometry, Differential. 
650 0 |a Mathematical physics. 
084 |a 58-01 (53-01)  |2 msc2000 
859 |h 58  |i F829  |p A-7975  |b BIB. MATEMATICA