VERY GOOD: This book is in very good condition, showing only slight signs of use and wear. It was printed on acid-free paper.
Product Details
This is the English edition (there also is a German edition).
Continued from the back cover: "The first half covers the geometry of curves and surfaces, which provide much of the motivation and intuition for the general theory. Special topics that are explored include Frenet frames, ruled surfaces, minimal surfaces, and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.
"The second part is an introduction to the geometry of general manifolds, with particular emphasis on connections and curvature. The final two chapters are insightful examinations of the special cases of spaces of constant curvature and Einstein manifolds.
"The text is illustrated with many figures and examples. For the second edition, a number of errors were corrected and some text and a number of figures have been added. The prerequisites are undergraduate analysis and linear algebra."
Chapters
Notations and Prerequisites from Analysis
Curves in Rn
The Local Theory of Surfaces
The Intrinsic Geometry of Surfaces
Riemannian Manifolds
The Curvature Tensor
Spaces of Constant Curvature
Einstein Spaces
The text concludes with Bibliography, List of notation, and Index.
