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Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) Chris J. Isham

Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) By Chris J Isham (Imperial College, Uk)

Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) by Chris J. Isham


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These lecture notes provide a course on modern, co-ordinate-free differential geometry. They introduce general topology and co-ordinate-free differential geometry, examine geometrical aspects of the theory of Lie groups and Lie group actions on manifolds, and cover the theory of fibre bundles.

Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) Summary

Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) by Chris J. Isham

This edition of the invaluable text Modern Differential Geometry for Physicists contains an additional chapter that introduces some of the basic ideas of general topology needed in differential geometry. A number of small corrections and additions have also been made.These lecture notes are the content of an introductory course on modern, coordinate-free differential geometry which is taken by first-year theoretical physics PhD students, or by students attending the one-year MSc course "Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces" at Imperial College. The book is concerned entirely with mathematics proper, although the emphasis and detailed topics have been chosen bearing in mind the way in which differential geometry is applied these days to modern theoretical physics. This includes not only the traditional area of general relativity but also the theory of Yang-Mills fields, nonlinear sigma models and other types of nonlinear field systems that feature in modern quantum field theory.The volume is divided into four parts: (i) introduction to general topology; (ii) introductory coordinate-free differential geometry; (iii) geometrical aspects of the theory of Lie groups and Lie group actions on manifolds; (iv) introduction to the theory of fibre bundles. In the introduction to differential geometry the author lays considerable stress on the basic ideas of "tangent space structure", which he develops from several different points of view - some geometrical, others more algebraic. This is done with awareness of the difficulty which physics graduate students often experience when being exposed for the first time to the rather abstract ideas of differential geometry.

Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) Reviews

"The result is a book which provides a rapid initiation to the material in question with care and sufficient detail to allow the reader to emerge with a genuine familiarity with the foundations of these subjects." Mathematical Reviews "This book is carefully written, and attention is paid to rigor and relevant details ... The key notions are discussed with great care and from many points of view, which attenuates the shock of the formalism." Mathematical Reviews

Table of Contents

An introduction to topology; differential manifolds; vector fields and n-forms; lie groups; fibre bundles; connections in a bundle.

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NLS9789810235628
9789810235628
9810235623
Modern Differential Geometry For Physicists (2nd Edition) by Chris J. Isham
New
Paperback
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
1999-03-23
304
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