Lagrange and Finsler Geometry
Subtitle: Applications to Physics and Biology
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789048146567
Subjects: Generalized spaces; Geometry, differential
Description: The differential geometry of a regular Lagrangian is more involved than that of classical kinetic energy and consequently is far from being Riemannian. Nevertheless, such geometries are playing an increasingly important role in a wide variety of problems in fields ranging from relativistic optics to ecology. The present collection of papers will serve to bring the reader up-to-date on the most recent advances. Subjects treated include higher order Lagrange geometry, the recent theory of -Lagrange manifolds, electromagnetic theory and neurophysiology. Audience: This book is recommended as a (supplementary) text in graduate courses in differential geometry and its applications, and will also be of interest to physicists and mathematical biologists.