Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts by Tri

Description: Visual Differential Geometry and Forms by Tristan Needham Visual Differential Geometry and Forms fulfils two principal goals. In the first four acts, Tristan Needham puts the geometry back into differential geometry. Using 235 hand-drawn diagrams, Needham deploys Newtons geometrical methods to provide geometrical explanations of the classical results. In the fifth act, he offers the first undergraduate introduction to differential forms that treats advanced topics in an intuitive and geometrical manner.Unique features of the first four acts include: four distinct geometrical proofs of the fundamentally important Global Gauss-Bonnet theorem, providing a stunning link between local geometry and global topology; a simple, geometrical proof of Gausss famous Theorema Egregium; a complete geometrical treatment of the Riemann curvature tensor of an n-manifold; and a detailed geometrical treatment of Einsteins field equation, describing gravity as curved spacetime (General Relativity), together with its implications for gravitational waves, black holes, and cosmology. The final act elucidates such topics as the unification of all the integral theorems of vector calculus; the elegant reformulation of Maxwells equations of electromagnetism in terms of 2-forms; de Rham cohomology; differential geometry via Cartans method of moving frames; and the calculation of the Riemann tensor using curvature 2-forms. Six of the seven chapters of Act V can be read completely independently from the rest of the book.Requiring only basic calculus and geometry, Visual Differential Geometry and Forms provocatively rethinks the way this important area of mathematics should be considered and taught. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tristan Needham is professor of mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of Visual Complex Analysis. Review "Finalist for the PROSE Award in Mathematics, Association of American Publishers""Needham proposes to provide a truly geometric visual explication of differential geometry, and he succeeds brilliantly. I know nothing like it in the literature."---Frank Morgan, EMS Magazine"[The] book offers a truly unique and original take on differential geometry, and it amply deserves inclusion within the pantheon of textbook deities."---Eric Poisson, Notices of the AMS"This is a valuable and beautifully created guide to what can at first seem a confusing area of mathematical physics. There are other contenders that try to teach this subject, but this is the best that I have come across so far and I will continue to enjoy learning from it (and almost certainly teaching from it) over the coming years, I am sure."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica"[Proactively] rethinks the way this important area of mathematics should be considered and taught." * MathSciNet *"The book is a remarkable and highly original approach to the basic stem of differential geometry. And that mathematical trunk has roots and branches in so many other unexpected yet related subjects, each of which can be equally well approached from the same geometrical point of view."---Adhemar Bultheel, MAA Reviews"[Visual Differential Geometry and Forms] is a book that stands out among its peers. It is fun to read and provides a unique and intuitive approach to differential geometry. The authors passion for the subject is evident throughout the book. Although Needhams approach is unorthodox, it is rewarding, and complements the exposition found in standard textbooks."---Sean M. Eli & Krešmir Josi, SIAM Review Long Description Visual Differential Geometry and Forms fulfils two principal goals. In the first four acts, Tristan Needham puts the geometry back into differential geometry . Using 235 hand-drawn diagrams, Needham deploys Newtons geometrical methods to provide geometrical explanations of the classical results. In the fifth act, he offers the first undergraduate introduction to differential forms that treats advanced topics in an intuitive and geometrical manner. Unique features of the first four acts include: four distinct geometrical proofs of the fundamentally important Global Gauss-Bonnet theorem, providing a stunning link between local geometry and global topology; a simple, geometrical proof of Gausss famous Theorema Egregium; a complete geometrical treatment of the Riemann curvature tensor of an n -manifold; and a detailed geometrical treatment of Einsteins field equation, describing gravity as curved spacetime (General Relativity), together with its implications for gravitational waves, black holes, and cosmology. The final act elucidates such topics as the unification of all the integral theorems of vector calculus; the elegant reformulation of Maxwells equations of electromagnetism in terms of 2-forms; de Rham cohomology; differential geometry via Cartans method of moving frames; and the calculation of the Riemann tensor using curvature 2-forms. Six of the seven chapters of Act V can be read completely independently from the rest of the book. Requiring only basic calculus and geometry, Visual Differential Geometry and Forms provocatively rethinks the way this important area of mathematics should be considered and taught. Review Quote "This is a valuable and beautifully created guide to what can at first seem a confusing area of mathematical physics. There are other contenders that try to teach this subject, but this is the best that I have come across so far and I will continue to enjoy learning from it (and almost certainly teaching from it) over the coming years, I am sure." ---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica Details ISBN0691203709 Author Tristan Needham Short Title Visual Differential Geometry and Forms Publisher Princeton University Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0691203709 ISBN-13 9780691203706 Format Paperback Subtitle A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-07-13 US Release Date 2021-07-13 Publication Date 2021-07-13 UK Release Date 2021-07-13 Illustrations 235 b/w illus. DEWEY 516.36 Alternative 9780691203690 AU Release Date 2021-11-30 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 530 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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