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Eduardo Nahmad-Achar (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)

Differential Topology and Geometry with Applications to Physics

Eduardo Nahmad-Achar (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)

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Institute of Physics Publishing
21 December 2018
Algebraic topology; Mathematical physics
Series: IOP Series in Global Health and Radiation Oncology
Differential geometry has encountered numerous applications in physics. More and more physical concepts considered as fundamental can be understood as a direct consequence of geometric principles. The mathematical structure of Maxwell's electrodynamics, general theory of relativity, string theory and gauge theories, to name but a few, are of a geometric nature. All of these disciplines require a curved space for the description of a system, and we require a mathematical formalism that can handle the dynamics in such spaces if we wish to go beyond a simple and superficial discussion of physical relationships. This formalism is differential geometry. Even areas like thermodynamics and fluid mechanics greatly benefit from a differential geometric treatment. Not only in physics, but in important branches of mathematics, has differential geometry effected important changes. Aimed at graduate students, and requiring only linear algebra and differential and integral calculus, this book presents, in a concise and direct manner, the appropriate mathematical formalism and fundamentals of differential topology and differential geometry, together with essential applications in many branches of physics.
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Imprint:   Institute of Physics Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   596g
ISBN:   9780750320702
ISBN 10:   0750320702
Series:   IOP Series in Global Health and Radiation Oncology
Pages:   216
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface Notation 1. Synopsis of General Relativity 2. Curves and Surfaces in E^3 3. Elements of Topology 4. Differentiable Manifolds 5. Tangent Vectors and Tangent Spaces 6. Tensor Algebra 7. Tensor Fields and Commutators 8. Differential Forms and Exterior Calculus 9. Maps Between Manifolds 10. Integration on Manifolds 11. Integral Curves and Lie Derivatives 12. Linear Connections 13. Geodesics 14. Torsion and Curvature 15. Pseudo-Riemannian Metric 16. Newtonian Space-Time and Thermodynamics 17. Special Relativity, Electrodynamics, and the Poincare Group 18. General Relativity 19. Gravitational Radiation Bibliography

Eduardo Nahmad-Achar earned his BSc in physics and a BSc in mathematics from the National University of Mexico, and later his MSc in applied mathematics and a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many scientific publications and has been invited to international conferences to talk about his achievements. He was the founding director of the Centre for Polymer Research and has lectured extensively at UNAM, at graduate and undergraduate level, in various topics of physics and mathematics, including differential geometry, general relativity, advanced mathematics, quantum information and quantum physics.

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