Modern Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Published: December 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9783540976639
Subjects: Calculus of variations; Differential & Riemannian geometry; Geometry
First sentence: The concept of a manifold is in essence a generalization of the idea, first formulated in mathematical terms by Gauss, underlying the usual procedure used in cartography (i.e. the drawing of maps of the earth's surface, or portions of it).