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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Differential Approach to Geometry
    sub title: Geometric Trilogy III
  name:
    name part: Borceux, Francis.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 452 p. 159 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book presents the classical theory of curves in the plane and three-dimensional space, and the classical theory of surfaces in three-dimensional space. It pays particular attention to the historical development of the theory and the preliminary approaches that support contemporary geometrical notions. It includes a chapter that lists a very wide scope of plane curves and their properties. The book approaches the threshold of algebraic topology, providing an integrated presentation fully accessible to undergraduate-level students. At the end of the 17th century, Newton and Leibniz developed differential calculus, thus making available the very wide range of differentiable functions, not just those constructed from polynomials. During the 18th century, Euler applied these ideas to establish what is still today the classical theory of most general curves and surfaces, largely used in engineering. Enter this fascinating world through amazing theorems and a wide supply of surprising examples. Reach the doors of algebraic topology by discovering just how an integer (= the Euler-Poincaré characteristics) associated with a surface gives you a lot of interesting information on the shape of the surface. And penetrate the intriguing world of Riemannian geometry, the geometry that underlies the theory of relativity. The book is of interest to all those who teach classical differential geometry up to quite an advanced level. The chapter on Riemannian geometry is of great interest to those who have to “intuitively” introduce students to the highly technical nature of this branch of mathematics, in particular when preparing students for courses on relativity.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Preface -- 1.The Genesis of Differential Methods -- 2.Plane Curves -- 3.A Museum of Curves -- 4.Skew Curves -- 5.Local Theory of Surfaces -- 6.Towards Riemannian Geometry -- 7.Elements of Global Theory of Surfaces -- Appendices: A.Topology -- B.Differential Equations -- Index -- Bibliography.
  note: by Francis Borceux.
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  subject:
    topic: Differential geometry
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  subject:
    topic: Differential Geometry
  subject:
    topic: History of Mathematical Sciences
  classification: QA440-699
  classification: 516
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      title: Springer eBooks
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