The author is Professor of Mathematics at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina where he is a faculty member since 1993. He holds a PhD title in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, England, under the supervision of Professor James Eells. His research interest lies on Global Analysis, concentrating on the geometry of Gauge Fields and its applications to the Topology and to the Geometry of differentiable manifolds. His scientific background includes a postdoctoral at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, England, and another at Michigan State University, USA.
“A specific feature of the book is the abundance of examples from mechanics, physics, calculus of variations, illustrating the abstract concepts introduced in the main text. … There are a lot of exercises spread through the book, some elementary, while others are more advanced. The book can be used as supplementary material for undergraduate or graduate level courses, as well as by the students in physics interested in a mathematical treatment of some important problems in their domain.” (Stefan Cobzaş, zbMATH 1479.46001, 2022)