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An introduction to geometrical physics / R. Aldrovandi, J.G. Pereira.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldrovandi, R. (Ruben)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geometry, Differential.
- Mathematical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (718 p.)
- Other Title:
- Geometrical physics
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; New Jersey : World Scientific, 1995 (1999 printing)
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book stresses the unifying power of the geometrical framework in bringing together concepts from the different areas of physics. Common underpinnings of optics, elasticity, gravitation, relativistic fields, particle mechanics and other subjects are underlined. It attempts to extricate the notion of space currently in the physical literature from the metric connotation.The book's goal is to present mathematical ideas associated with geometrical physics in a rather introductory language. Included are many examples from elementary physics and also, for those wishing to reach a higher level o
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Manifolds
- pt. 2. Differentiable structure
- pt. 3. Final touch
- pt. 4. Mathematical topics
- pt. 5. Physical topics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789812831026
- 9812831029
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