An Introduction to Riemannian Geometry and the Tensor Calculus

by C. E. Weatherburn

Overview

The purpose of this book is to bridge the gap between differential geometry of Euclidean space of three dimensions and the more advanced work on differential geometry of generalised space. The subject is treated with the aid of the Tensor Calculus, which is associated with the names of Ricci and Levi-Civita; and the book provides an introduction both to this calculus and to Riemannian geometry. The geometry of subspaces has been considerably simplified by use of the generalized covariant differentiation introduced by Mayer in 1930, and successfully applied by other mathematicians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521091886
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/04/2008
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

1. Some Preliminaries; 2. Coordinates, Vectors , Tensors; 3. Riemannian Metric; 4. Christoffel's Three-Index Symbols. Covariant Differentiation; 5. Curvature of a Curve. Geodeics, Parallelism of Vectors; 6. Congruences and Orthogonal Ennuples; 7. Riemann Symbols. Curvature of a Riemannian Space; 8. Hypersurfaces; 9. Hypersurfaces in Euclidean Space. Spaces of Constant Curvature; 10. Subspaces of a Riemannian Space.