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Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint
John McCleary
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Description for Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint
Paperback. A thoroughly revised second edition of a textbook for a first course in differential/modern geometry that introduces methods within a historical context. Num Pages: 368 pages, 164 b/w illus. 203 exercises. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638. 368 pages, 164 b/w illus. 203 exercises. A thoroughly revised second edition of a textbook for a first course in differential/modern geometry that introduces methods within a historical context. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBMP. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight: 638.
The development of geometry from Euclid to Euler to Lobachevsky, Bolyai, Gauss and Riemann is a story that is often broken into parts – axiomatic geometry, non-Euclidean geometry and differential geometry. This poses a problem for undergraduates: Which part is geometry? What is the big picture to which these parts belong? In this introduction to differential geometry, the parts are united with all of their interrelations, motivated by the history of the parallel postulate. Beginning with the ancient sources, the author first explores synthetic methods in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry and then introduces differential geometry in its classical formulation, leading ... Read more
The development of geometry from Euclid to Euler to Lobachevsky, Bolyai, Gauss and Riemann is a story that is often broken into parts – axiomatic geometry, non-Euclidean geometry and differential geometry. This poses a problem for undergraduates: Which part is geometry? What is the big picture to which these parts belong? In this introduction to differential geometry, the parts are united with all of their interrelations, motivated by the history of the parallel postulate. Beginning with the ancient sources, the author first explores synthetic methods in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry and then introduces differential geometry in its classical formulation, leading ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
637g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521133111
SKU
V9780521133111
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About John McCleary
John McCleary is Professor of Mathematics at Vassar College on the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Chair. His research interests lie at the boundary between geometry and topology, especially where algebraic topology plays a role. His papers on topology have appeared in Inventiones Mathematicae, the American Journal of Mathematics and other journals, and he has written expository papers that have appeared in ... Read more
Reviews for Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint
Review of the first edition: '… an unusual and interesting account of two subjects and their close historical interrelation.' The Mathematical Gazette '… the author has succeeded in making differential geometry an approachable subject for advanced undergraduates.' Andrej Bucki, Mathematical Reviews