A New Approach to Differential Geometry using Clifford's Geometric Algebra (Record no. 100231)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780817682835 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-0-8176-8283-5 |
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| Classification number | QA641-670 |
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| Subject category code | PBMP |
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| Subject category code | MAT012030 |
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| Classification number | 516.36 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Snygg, John. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A New Approach to Differential Geometry using Clifford's Geometric Algebra |
| Medium | [electronic resource] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by John Snygg. |
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| -- | Boston, MA : |
| -- | Birkhäuser Boston : |
| -- | Imprint: Birkhäuser, |
| -- | 2012. |
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| Extent | XVII, 465p. 102 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Introduction -- Clifford Algebra in Euclidean 3-Space -- Clifford Algebra in Minkowski 4-Space -- Clifford Algebra in Flat n-Space -- Curved Spaces -- The Gauss-Bonnet Formula -- Non-Euclidean (Hyperbolic) Geometry -- Some Extrinsic Geometry in E^n -- Ruled Surfaces Continued -- Lines of Curvature -- Minimal Surfaces -- Some General Relativity -- Matrix Representation of a Clifford Algebra -- Construction of Coordinate Dirac Matrices -- A Few Terms of the Taylor's Series for the Urdī-Copernican Model for the Outer Planets -- A Few Terms of the Taylor's Series for Kepler's Orbits -- References -- Index. |
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| Summary, etc | Differential geometry is the study of curvature and calculus of curves and surfaces. Because of an historical accident, the Geometric Algebra devised by William Kingdom Clifford (1845–1879) has been overlooked in favor of the more complicated and less powerful formalism of differential forms and tangent vectors to deal with differential geometry. Fortuitously a student who has completed an undergraduate course in linear algebra is better prepared to deal with the intricacies of Clifford algebra than with the formalism currently used. Clifford algebra enables one to demonstrate a close relation between curvature and certain rotations. This is an advantage both conceptually and computationally—particularly in higher dimensions. Key features and topics include: * a unique undergraduate-level approach to differential geometry; * brief biographies of historically relevant mathematicians and physicists; * some aspects of special and general relativity accessible to undergraduates with no knowledge of Newtonian physics; * chapter-by-chapter exercises. The textbook will also serve as a useful classroom resource primarily for undergraduates as well as beginning-level graduate students; researchers in the algebra and physics communities may also find the book useful as a self-study guide. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Algebra. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Global differential geometry. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Differential Geometry. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical Methods in Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics, general. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Algebra. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Applications of Mathematics. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780817682828 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8283-5 |
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