Topology and Geometry for Physics [electronic resource] / by Helmut Eschrig.

By: Eschrig, Helmut [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 822 ; 822Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011Description: XII, 390 p. 60 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642147005Subject(s): Physics | Mathematical physics | Physics | Mathematical Methods in PhysicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 530.15 LOC classification: QC5.53Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Topology -- Manifolds -- Tensor Fields -- Integration, Homology and Cohomology -- Lie Groups -- Bundles and Connections -- Parallelism, Holonomy, Homotopy and (Co)homology -- Riemannian Geometry -- Compendium.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: A concise but self-contained introduction of the central concepts of modern topology and differential geometry on a mathematical level is given specifically with applications in physics in mind. All basic concepts are systematically provided including sketches of the proofs of most statements. Smooth finite-dimensional manifolds, tensor and exterior calculus operating on them, homotopy, (co)homology theory including Morse theory of critical points, as well as the theory of fiber bundles and Riemannian geometry, are treated. Examples from physics comprise topological charges, the topology of periodic boundary conditions for solids, gauge fields, geometric phases in quantum physics and gravitation.
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Introduction -- Topology -- Manifolds -- Tensor Fields -- Integration, Homology and Cohomology -- Lie Groups -- Bundles and Connections -- Parallelism, Holonomy, Homotopy and (Co)homology -- Riemannian Geometry -- Compendium.

A concise but self-contained introduction of the central concepts of modern topology and differential geometry on a mathematical level is given specifically with applications in physics in mind. All basic concepts are systematically provided including sketches of the proofs of most statements. Smooth finite-dimensional manifolds, tensor and exterior calculus operating on them, homotopy, (co)homology theory including Morse theory of critical points, as well as the theory of fiber bundles and Riemannian geometry, are treated. Examples from physics comprise topological charges, the topology of periodic boundary conditions for solids, gauge fields, geometric phases in quantum physics and gravitation.

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