Semi-Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Relativity - Couverture rigide

O'Neill, Barrett

 
9780125267403: Semi-Riemannian Geometry: With Applications to Relativity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0125267401 ISBN 13 : 9780125267403
Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 1983

Synopsis

This book is an exposition of semi-Riemannian geometry (also called pseudo-Riemannian geometry)--the study of a smooth manifold furnished with a metric tensor of arbitrary signature. The principal special cases are Riemannian geometry, where the metric is positive definite, and Lorentz geometry. For many years these two geometries have developed almost independently: Riemannian geometry reformulated in coordinate-free fashion and directed toward global problems, Lorentz geometry in classical tensor notation devoted to general relativity. More recently, this divergence has been reversed as physicists, turning increasingly toward invariant methods, have produced results of compelling mathematical interest.

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À propos de l?auteur

Barrett O'Neill is currently a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written two other books in advanced mathematics.

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Éditeur
Academic Press Inc
Date d'édition
1983
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0125267401
ISBN 13 
9780125267403
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
488
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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