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Modern Geometry - Methods and Applications: Part II: The Geometry and Topology of Manifolds (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) (Part 2)
B. A. Dubrovin
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Description for Modern Geometry - Methods and Applications: Part II: The Geometry and Topology of Manifolds (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) (Part 2)
Hardcover. Translator(s): Burns, R. G. Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 802.
Up until recently, Riemannian geometry and basic topology were not included, even by departments or faculties of mathematics, as compulsory subjects in a university-level mathematical education. The standard courses in the classical differential geometry of curves and surfaces which were given instead (and still are given in some places) have come gradually to be viewed as anachronisms. However, there has been hitherto no unanimous agreement as to exactly how such courses should be brought up to date, that is to say, which parts of modern geometry should be regarded as absolutely essential to a modern mathematical education, and what might ... Read more
Up until recently, Riemannian geometry and basic topology were not included, even by departments or faculties of mathematics, as compulsory subjects in a university-level mathematical education. The standard courses in the classical differential geometry of curves and surfaces which were given instead (and still are given in some places) have come gradually to be viewed as anachronisms. However, there has been hitherto no unanimous agreement as to exactly how such courses should be brought up to date, that is to say, which parts of modern geometry should be regarded as absolutely essential to a modern mathematical education, and what might ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Series
Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Condition
New
Weight
802 g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387961620
SKU
V9780387961620
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