The Geometry of Physics. An introduction

Frankel, Theodore:

ISBN 10: 0521387531 / ISBN 13: 9780521387538

Edité par Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Formateinband: Broschierte Ausgabe XXII, 654 S. (25,5 cm) 1st edition; Gut und sauber erhalten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1600 [Stichwörter: Mathematische Physik, Die Geometrie der Physik].

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Geometry of Physics. An introduction
• Éditeur: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521387531
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521387538
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Gut
• Poids: 1600 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Physik

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Synopsis

This book is intended to provide a working knowledge of those parts of exterior differential forms, differential geometry, algebraic and differential topology, Lie groups, vector bundles and Chern forms that are essential for a deeper understanding of both classical and modern physics and engineering. Included are discussions of analytical and fluid dynamics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, the deformation tensors of elasticity, soap films, special and general relativity, the Dirac operator and spinors, and gauge fields, including Yang-Mills, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, Berry phase, and instanton winding numbers. Before discussing abstract notions of differential geometry, geometric intuition is developed through a rather extensive introduction to the study of surfaces in ordinary space; consequently, the book should also be of interest to mathematics students. This book will be useful to graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics, engineering and mathematics. It can be used as a course text or for self study.