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Prolog
• Line, surface & volume integrals in n-D space → Exterior forms• Time evolution of such integrals → Lie derivatives• Dynamics with constraints → Frobenius theorem on differential forms• Curvatures → Differential geometry
– Spacetime curvatures ~ General relativity
– Field space curvatures ~ Gauge theories
• Symmetries of quantum fields → Lie groups• Existence & uniqueness of problem → Topology
– Examples: Homology groups, Brouwer degree, Hurewicz homotopy groups, Morse theory, Atiyah-Singer index theorem, Gauss-Bonnet-Poincare theorem, Chern characteristic classes
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The Geometry of Physics, An Introduction, 2nd ed.
T. Frankel
Cambridge University Press (97, 04)
I. Manifolds, Tensors, & Exterior Forms
II. Geometry & Topology
III. Lie Groups, Bundles, & Chern Forms
I. Manifolds, Tensors, & Exterior Forms1. Manifolds & Vector Fields
2. Tensors, & Exterior Forms
3. Integration of Differential Forms
4. The Lie Derivative
5. The Poincare Lemma & Potentials
6. Holonomic & Nonholonomic Constraints
II. Geometry & Topology
7. R3 and Minkowski Space
8. The Geometry of Surfaces in R3
9. Covariant Differentiation & Curvature
10. Geodesics
11. Relativity, Tensors, & Curvature
12. Curvature & Simple Connectivity
13. Betti Numbers & De Rham's Theorem
14. Harmonic Forms
III. Lie Groups, Bundles, & Chern Forms
15. Lie Groups
16. Vector Bundles in Geometry & Physics
17. Fibre Bundles, Gauss-Bonnet, & Topological Quantization
18. Connections & Associated Bundles
19. The Dirac Equation
20. Yang-Mills Fields
21. Betti Numbers & Covering Spaces
22. Chern Forms & Homotopy Groups
Supplementary Readings
• Companion textbook:– C.Nash, S.Sen, "Topology & Geometry for Physicists", Acad
Press (83)
• Differential geometry (standard references) :– M.A.Spivak, "A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential
Geometry" ( 5 vols), Publish or Perish Press (79)– S.Kobayashi, K.Nomizu, "Foundations of Differential
Geometry" (2 vols), Wiley (63)
• Particle physics:– A.Sudbery, "Quantum Mechanics & the Particles of Nature",
Cambridge (86)
1. Manifolds & Vector Fields
1.1. Submanifolds of Euclidean Space
1.2. Manifolds
1.3. Tangent Vectors & Mappings
1.4. Vector Fields & Flows
1.1. Submanifolds of Euclidean Space
1.1.a. Submanifolds of N.
1.1.b. The Geometry of Jacobian Matrices:
The "differential".
1.1.c. The Main Theorem on Submanifolds of N.
1.1.d. A Non-trivial Example:
The Configuration Space of a Rigid Body
1.1.a. Submanifolds of N
A subset M = Mn n+r is an n-D submanifold of n+r if
PM, a neiborhood U in which P can be described by some coordinate system of n+r
1 1, , , ; , ,n rx y x x y y
where 1, ,j j n jy f x x f x are differentiable functions
1, , nx x x are called local (curvilinear) coordinates in U
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