Riemannian Geometry - Couverture souple

Willmore, T. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198514921 ISBN 13 : 9780198514923

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1987

Synopsis

Recent developments in the field of differential geometry have been so extensive that a new book with particular emphasis on current work in Riemannian geometry is clearly necessary. This new text brilliantly serves that purpose and includes an elementary account of twistor spaces that will interest both applied mathematicians and physicists. It presents recent developments in the theory of harmonic spaces, commutative spaces, and mean-value theorems previously only available in the source literature. The final chapter provides the only account available in book form of manifolds known as 'Willmore surfaces', illustrated by a series of computer-generated pictures. This book is sure to be welcomed by researchers, teachers, and students interested in the latest developments in differential geometry.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Riemannian Geometry includes results discovered during the last few years, which have previously only been available through research papers. It contains an elementary account of twistor spaces, of interest to applied mathematicians and physicists, and the final chapter gives the only account available in book form of Willmore surfaces (illustrated by a series of computer-generated pictures).

Revue de presse

a timely grand review of the whole field of modern differential geometry ... It includes a concise and very readable account of twistor spaces which should appeal especially to mathematicians and physicists; and it clearly describes recent developments on sundry topics hitherto treated only in research papers. (Aslib Book Guide, vol.61, no.10, October 1996.)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0198514921
• ISBN 13: 9780198514923
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible