Differential and Complex Geometry: Origins, Abstractions and Embeddings

• Main Author: Wells, Jr., Raymond O. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Global analysis (Mathematics).; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Functions of complex variables.; Differential geometry.; Projective geometry.; Algebraic topology.; Differential Geometry.; Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds.; Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces.; Projective Geometry.; Algebraic Topology.

Differential and complex geometry are two central areas of mathematics with a long and intertwined history. This book, the first to provide a unified historical perspective of both subjects, explores their origins and developments from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Providing a detailed exa...