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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780878903321

Autore

Mukhi Sunil

Titolo

Lectures on advanced mathematical methods for physicists [[electronic resource] /] / Sunil Mukhi, N. Mukunda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific, 2010

ISBN

1-282-76364-4

9786612763649

981-4299-74-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MukundaN

Disciplina

530

530.15

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Topology and differential geometry -- pt. 2. Group theory and structure and representations of compact simple lie groups and algebras.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a survey of Topology and Differential Geometry and also, Lie Groups and Algebras, and their Representations. The first topic is indispensable to students of gravitation and related areas of modern physics, (including string theory) while the second has applications in gauge theory and particle physics, integrable systems and nuclear physics. Part I provides a simple introduction to basic topology, followed by a survey of homotopy. Calculus of differentiable manifolds is then developed, and a Riemannian metric is introduced along with the key concepts of connections and curva