Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-60484-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 152 g

Reihe: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics

Written in the wake of the advent of Relativity by an author who made important contributions to projective and differential geometry, and topology, this early Cambridge Tract in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics aimed to assist students of the time from the fields of differential geometry and mathematical physics. Beginning by introducing formal preliminaries, the text continues, bringing the underlying differential invariant theory that to this day remains relevant in a range of geometrical and physical applications, to the fore.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Veblen, Oswald

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Formal preliminaries; 2. Differential invariants; 3. Quadratic differential forms; 4. Euclidean geometry; 5. The equivalence problem; 6. Normal coordinates.