Geometry and topology are strongly motivated by the visualization of ideal objects that have certain special characteristics. The principal aim of this book is to narrate, in an accessible and fairly visual language, some classical and modern achievements of geometry and topology in both intrinsic mathematical problems and applications to mathematical physics. The book starts from classical notions of topology and ends with new results in Hamiltonian geometry. The author gives visual explanations of the problems and results, without recourse to the abstract logical aspects of calculations. The book includes numerous graphical sheets drawn by the author, which illustrate the mathematical ideas and results contained in the book. Using these pictures, the reader can understand many modern mathematical ideas and methods.
- ISBN10 3540533613
- ISBN13 9783540533610
- Publish Date 27 December 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 November 2010
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 345
- Language English