Thisbookisintendedtoprovideaworkingknowledgeofthosepartsofexteriordifferentialforms,differentialgeometry,algebraicanddifferentialtopology,Liegroups,vectorbundles,andChernformsthatareessentialforadeeperunderstandingofbothclassicalandmodernphysicsandengineering。Includedarediscussionsofanalyticalandfluiddynamics,electromagnetism(inflatandcurvedspace),thermodynamics,elasticitytheory,thegeometryandtopologyofKirchhoff’selectriccircuitlaws,soapfilms,specialandgeneralrelativity,theDiracoperatorandspinors,andgaugefields,includingYang-Mills,theAharonov-Bohmeffect,Berryphase,andinstantonwindingnumbers,quarks,andthequarkmodelformesons。Beforeadiscussionofabstractnotionsofdifferentialgeometry,geometricintuitionisdevelopedthrougharatherextensiveintroductiontothestudyofsurfacesinordinaryspace;consequently,thebookshouldbeofinterestalsotomathematicsstudents。
Thisbookwillbeusefultograduateandadvancedundergraduatestudentsofphysics,engineering,andmathematics。Itcanbeusedasacoursetextofforself-study。
Thissecondeditionincludesthreenewappendices,AppendixC,Symmetries,Quarks,andMesonMasses(whichconcludeswiththefamousGell-Mann/Okubomassformula);AppendixD,RepresentationsandHyperelasticBodies;andAppendixE,OrbitsandMorse-BottTheoryinCompactLieGroups。BothAppendixCandDinvolveresultsfromthetheoryofrepresentationsofcompactLiegroups,whicharedevelopedhere。AppendixEdelvesdeeperintothegeometryandtopologyofcompactLiegroups。