Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles with Applications to Theoretical Physics

Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles with Applications to Theoretical Physics
Author: Steinar Johannesen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 595
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1315342626

This book provides a systematic presentation of the mathematical foundation of modern physics with applications particularly within classical mechanics and the theory of relativity. Written to be self-contained, Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles with Applications to Theoretical Physics provides complete and rigorous proofs of all the results presented within. Among the themes illustrated in the book are differentiable manifolds, differential forms, fiber bundles and differential geometry with non-trivial applications especially within the general theory of relativity. The emphasis is upon a systematic and logical construction of the mathematical foundations. It can be used as a textbook for a pure mathematics course in differential geometry, assuming the reader has a good understanding of basic analysis, linear algebra and point set topology. The book will also appeal to students of theoretical physics interested in the mathematical foundation of the theories.

Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles with Applications to Theoretical Physics

Smooth Manifolds and Fibre Bundles with Applications to Theoretical Physics
Author: Steinar Johannesen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1498796729

This book provides a systematic presentation of the mathematical foundation of modern physics with applications particularly within classical mechanics and the theory of relativity. Written to be self-contained, this book provides complete and rigorous proofs of all the results presented within. Among the themes illustrated in the book are differentiable manifolds, differential forms, fiber bundles and differential geometry with non-trivial applications especially within the general theory of relativity. The emphasis is upon a systematic and logical construction of the mathematical foundations. It can be used as a textbook for a pure mathematics course in differential geometry, assuming the reader has a good understanding of basic analysis, linear algebra and point set topology. The book will also appeal to students of theoretical physics interested in the mathematical foundation of the theories.

Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics

Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics
Author: Gerd Rudolph
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 766
Release: 2012-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400753454

Starting from an undergraduate level, this book systematically develops the basics of • Calculus on manifolds, vector bundles, vector fields and differential forms, • Lie groups and Lie group actions, • Linear symplectic algebra and symplectic geometry, • Hamiltonian systems, symmetries and reduction, integrable systems and Hamilton-Jacobi theory. The topics listed under the first item are relevant for virtually all areas of mathematical physics. The second and third items constitute the link between abstract calculus and the theory of Hamiltonian systems. The last item provides an introduction to various aspects of this theory, including Morse families, the Maslov class and caustics. The book guides the reader from elementary differential geometry to advanced topics in the theory of Hamiltonian systems with the aim of making current research literature accessible. The style is that of a mathematical textbook,with full proofs given in the text or as exercises. The material is illustrated by numerous detailed examples, some of which are taken up several times for demonstrating how the methods evolve and interact.

Fundamental Concepts In Modern Analysis: An Introduction To Nonlinear Analysis (Second Edition)

Fundamental Concepts In Modern Analysis: An Introduction To Nonlinear Analysis (Second Edition)
Author: Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2019-11-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9811209421

Many applied mathematical disciplines, such as dynamical systems and optimization theory as well as classical mathematical disciplines like differential geometry and the theory of Lie groups, have a common foundation in general topology and multivariate calculus in normed vector spaces. In this book, students from both pure and applied subjects are offered an opportunity to work seriously with fundamental notions from mathematical analysis that are important not only from a mathematical point of view but also occur frequently in the theoretical parts of, for example, the engineering sciences. The book provides complete proofs of the basic results from topology and differentiability of mappings in normed vector spaces. It is a useful resource for students and researchers in mathematics and the many sciences that depend on fundamental techniques from mathematical analysis.In this second edition, the notions of compactness and sequentially compactness are developed with independent proofs for the main results. Thereby the material on compactness is apt for direct applications also in functional analysis, where the notion of sequentially compactness prevails. This edition also covers a new section on partial derivatives, and new material has been incorporated to make a more complete account of higher order derivatives in Banach spaces, including full proofs for symmetry of higher order derivatives and Taylor's formula. The exercise material has been reorganized from a collection of problem sets at the end of the book to a section at the end of each chapter with further results. Readers will find numerous new exercises at different levels of difficulty for practice.

Topological Library - Part 1: Cobordisms And Their Applications

Topological Library - Part 1: Cobordisms And Their Applications
Author: Serguei Petrovich Novikov
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2007-07-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814475955

This is the first of three volumes collecting the original and now classic works in topology written in the 50s-60s. The original methods and constructions from these works are properly documented for the first time in this book. No existing book covers the beautiful ensemble of methods created in topology starting from approximately 1950, that is, from Serre's celebrated “Singular homologies of fibre spaces.”This is the translation of the Russian edition published in 2005 with one entry (Milnor's lectures on the h-cobordism) omitted.

Exotic Smoothness And Physics: Differential Topology And Spacetime Models

Exotic Smoothness And Physics: Differential Topology And Spacetime Models
Author: Torsten Asselmeyer-maluga
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2007-01-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814493740

The recent revolution in differential topology related to the discovery of non-standard (”exotic”) smoothness structures on topologically trivial manifolds such as R4 suggests many exciting opportunities for applications of potentially deep importance for the spacetime models of theoretical physics, especially general relativity. This rich panoply of new differentiable structures lies in the previously unexplored region between topology and geometry. Just as physical geometry was thought to be trivial before Einstein, physicists have continued to work under the tacit — but now shown to be incorrect — assumption that differentiability is uniquely determined by topology for simple four-manifolds. Since diffeomorphisms are the mathematical models for physical coordinate transformations, Einstein's relativity principle requires that these models be physically inequivalent. This book provides an introductory survey of some of the relevant mathematics and presents preliminary results and suggestions for further applications to spacetime models.

Introduction to Smooth Manifolds

Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
Author: John M. Lee
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387217525

Author has written several excellent Springer books.; This book is a sequel to Introduction to Topological Manifolds; Careful and illuminating explanations, excellent diagrams and exemplary motivation; Includes short preliminary sections before each section explaining what is ahead and why

Topology and Geometry for Physicists

Topology and Geometry for Physicists
Author: Charles Nash
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2013-08-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486318362

Written by physicists for physics students, this text assumes no detailed background in topology or geometry. Topics include differential forms, homotopy, homology, cohomology, fiber bundles, connection and covariant derivatives, and Morse theory. 1983 edition.

Geometry and Quantum Physics

Geometry and Quantum Physics
Author: H. Gausterer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2008-01-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540465529

In modern mathematical physics, classical together with quantum, geometrical and functional analytic methods are used simultaneously. Non-commutative geometry in particular is becoming a useful tool in quantum field theories. This book, aimed at advanced students and researchers, provides an introduction to these ideas. Researchers will benefit particularly from the extensive survey articles on models relating to quantum gravity, string theory, and non-commutative geometry, as well as Connes' approach to the standard model.