An Introduction to Differential Manifolds

This book is an introduction to differential manifolds. It gives solid preliminaries for more advanced topics: Riemannian manifolds, differential topology, Lie theory. It presupposes little background: the reader is only expected to master basic differential calculus, and a little point-set topology...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lafontaine, Jacques
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Differential Calculus
  • Manifolds: The Basics
  • From Local to Global
  • Lie Groups
  • Differential Forms
  • Integration and Applications
  • Cohomology and Degree Theory
  • Euler-Poincaré and Gauss-Bonnet