Description |
xiii, 253 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Undergraduate texts in mathematics |
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Undergraduate texts in mathematics.
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Contents |
Graphs and Level Sets.- Vector Fields.- The Tangent Space.- Surfaces.- Vector Fields on Surfaces; Orientation.- The Gauss Map.- Geodesics.- Parallel Transport.- The Weingarten Map.- Curvature of Plane Curves.- Arc Length and Line Integrals.- Curvature of Surfaces.- Convex Surfaces.- Parametrized Surfaces.- Local Equivalence of Surfaces and Parametrized Surfaces.- Focal Points.- Surface Area and Volume.- Minimal Surfaces.- The Exponential Map.- Surfaces with Boundary.- The Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.- Rigid Motions and Congruence.- Isometries.- Riemannian Metrics |
Notes |
Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 245 |
Subject |
Geometry, Differential.
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LC no. |
78023308 |
ISBN |
0387903577 (New York) |
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3540903577 (Berlin) |
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