Tensors and Manifolds - With Applications to Physics (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This book is a new edition of "Tensors and Manifolds: With Applications to Mechanics and Relativity" which was published in 1992. It is based on courses taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics and physics, giving an introduction to the expanse of modern mathematics and its application in modern physics. It aims to fill the gap between the basic courses and the highly technical and specialised courses which both mathematics and physics students require in their advanced training, while simultaneously trying to promote, at an early stage, a better appreciation and understanding of each other's discipline. The book sets forth the basic principles of tensors and manifolds, describing how the mathematics underlies elegant geometrical models of classical mechanics, relativity and elementary particle physics. The existing material from the first edition has been reworked and extended in some sections to provide extra clarity, as well as additional problems. Four new chapters on Lie groups and fibre bundles have been included, leading to an exposition of gauge theory and the standard model of elementary particle physics. Mathematical rigour combined with an informal style makes this a very accessible book and will provide the reader with an enjoyable panorama of interesting mathematics and physics.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	June 2009
Authors:	Robert H. Wasserman
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	464
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-956482-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Calculus & mathematical analysis > Vector & tensor analysis Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematics for scientists & engineers Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-956482-5
Barcode:	9780199564828

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