Geometry. examples and applications
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Geometry. examples and applications
（Mathematics and its applications, v. 439 . Geometry of vector sheaves : an axiomatic approach to differential geometry ; v. 2）
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1998
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- set : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-399) and indexes
v. 1. Vector sheaves. general theory
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: hbk ISBN 9780792350057
Description
This is the second volume of a two-volume monograph which obtains fundamental notions and results of the standard differential geometry of smooth manifolds, without using differential calculus. Here, the sheaf-theoretic character is emphasized. This has theoretical advantages such as greater perspective, clarity and unification, but also practical benefits ranging from elementary particle physics, via gauge theories and theoretical cosmology ("differential spaces"), to non-linear PDEs (generalized functions). Thus, more general applications, which are no longer "smooth" in the classical sense, can be coped with. The treatise might also be construed as a new systematic endeavour to confront the ever-increasing notion that the "world around us is far from being smooth enough". This work is intended for postgraduate students and researchers whose work involves differential geometry, global analysis, analysis on manifolds, algebraic topology, sheaf theory, cohomology, functional analysis or abstract harmonic analysis.
Table of Contents
Geometry. VI. Geometry of Vector Sheaves. -Connections. VII. -Connections. Local Theory. VIII. Curvature. IX. Characteristic Classes. Part Three: Examples and Applications. X. Classical Theory. XI. Sheaves and Presheaves with Topological Algebraic Structures.
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set : hardcover ISBN 9780792350064
Description
This two-volume monograph obtains fundamental notions and results of the standard differential geometry of smooth (CINFINITY) manifolds, without using differential calculus. Here, the sheaf-theoretic character is emphasised. This has theoretical advantages such as greater perspective, clarity and unification, but also practical benefits ranging from elementary particle physics, via gauge theories and theoretical cosmology (`differential spaces'), to non-linear PDEs (generalised functions). Thus, more general applications, which are no longer `smooth' in the classical sense, can be coped with. The treatise might also be construed as a new systematic endeavour to confront the ever-increasing notion that the `world around us is far from being smooth enough'.
Audience: This work is intended for postgraduate students and researchers whose work involves differential geometry, global analysis, analysis on manifolds, algebraic topology, sheaf theory, cohomology, functional analysis or abstract harmonic analysis.
Table of Contents
Part One: Vector Sheaves. General Theory. I. Sheaf Theory. II. II. Sheaves and Presheaves with Algebraic Structure. III. Sheaf Cohomology. IV. Linear and Multilinear Algebra of Vector Sheaves. V. Vector Sheaves and Cohomology. Appendix: Category Jargon. Bibliography. Notational Index. Subject Index. Part Two: Geometry. VI. Geometry of Vector Sheaves. A-Connections. VII. A-Connections. Local Theory. VIII. Curvature. IX. Characteristic Classes. Part Three: Examples and Applications. X. Classical Theory. XI. Sheaves and Presheaves with Topological Algebraic Structures. Bibliography. Notational Index. Subject Index.
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