Geometrical methods of mathematical physics / Bernard F. Schutz.

In recent years the methods of modern differential geometry have become of considerable importance in theoretical physics and have found application in relativity and cosmology, high-energy physics and field theory, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and mechanics. This textbook provides an introduction...

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Main Author: Schutz, Bernard F. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Format: Electronic eBook

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