Synthetic Geometry of Manifolds
Series: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, 180; Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780511688867
Subjects: Differential Geometry; Manifolds (Mathematics)
Description: An elegant book that is sure to become the standard introduction to synthetic differential geometry.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Calculus and linear algebra; 2 Geometry of the neighbour relation; 3 Combinatorial differential forms; 4 The tangent bundle; 5 Groupoids; 6 Lie theory; non-abelian covariant derivative; 7 Jets and differential operators; 8 Metric notions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.