The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the theory of jet bundles for mathematicians and physicists who wish to study differentias equations, particularly those associated with the calculus of variations, in a modern geometric way. One of the themes of the book is that first-order jets may be considered as the natural generalisation of vector fields for studying variational problems in field theory, and so many of the constructions are introduced in the context of first- or second-order jets, before being described in their full generality. The book includes a proof of the local exactness of the variational bicomplex. A knowledge of differential geometry is assumed by the author, although introductory chapters include the necessary background of fibred manifolds, and on vector and affine bundles. Coordinate-free techniques are used throughout, although coordinate representations are often used in proofs and when considering applications.
By:
D. J. Saunders Series edited by:
N. J. Hitchin Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 142 Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 472g ISBN:9780521369480 ISBN 10: 0521369487 Series:London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series Pages: 304 Publication Date:08 May 1989 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction; 1. Bundles; 2. Linear bundles; 3. Linear operations on general bundles; 4. First-order jet bundles; 5. Second-order jet bundles; 6. Higher-order jet bundles; 7. Infinite jet bundles; Bibliography; Glossary of symbols; Index.
