Geometrical properties of vectors and covectors: an introductory survey of differentiable manifolds, tensors and forms
Auteur :
Domingos, Joaquim Maria
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789812700445
Date de publication :
11 oct. 2006
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
Provides a brief introduction to some geometrical topics including topological spaces, the metric tensor, Euclidean space, manifolds, tensors, r-forms, and more. This book prepares the reader for discussions on basic concepts such as the differential of a function as a covector, metric dual, inner product, wedge product and cross product.