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Riemannian Geometry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics and PhysicsPublication details: Princeton University Press, 2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400884217
  • 9781400884216
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 516.4 23
LOC classification:
  • QA641.E58
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Tensor analysis -- Chapter II. Introduction of a metric -- Chapter III. Orthogonal ennuples -- Chapter IV. The geometry of sub-spaces -- Chapter V. Sub-spaces of a flat space -- Chapter VI. Groups of motions -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In his classic work of geometry, Euclid focused on the properties of flat surfaces. In the age of exploration, mapmakers such as Mercator had to concern themselves with the properties of spherical surfaces. The study of curved surfaces, or non-Euclidean geometry, flowered in the late nineteenth century, as mathematicians such as Riemann increasingly questioned Euclid's parallel postulate, and by relaxing this constraint derived a wealth of new results. These seemingly abstract properties found immediate application in physics upon Einstein's introduction of the general theory of relativity. In this book, Eisenhart succinctly surveys the key concepts of Riemannian geometry, addressing mathematicians and theoretical physicists alike.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Tensor analysis -- Chapter II. Introduction of a metric -- Chapter III. Orthogonal ennuples -- Chapter IV. The geometry of sub-spaces -- Chapter V. Sub-spaces of a flat space -- Chapter VI. Groups of motions -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index

In his classic work of geometry, Euclid focused on the properties of flat surfaces. In the age of exploration, mapmakers such as Mercator had to concern themselves with the properties of spherical surfaces. The study of curved surfaces, or non-Euclidean geometry, flowered in the late nineteenth century, as mathematicians such as Riemann increasingly questioned Euclid's parallel postulate, and by relaxing this constraint derived a wealth of new results. These seemingly abstract properties found immediate application in physics upon Einstein's introduction of the general theory of relativity. In this book, Eisenhart succinctly surveys the key concepts of Riemannian geometry, addressing mathematicians and theoretical physicists alike.

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