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Stephen Parrott
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Stephen Parrott: University of Massachusetts Harbor Campus, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Chapter Chapter 2 in Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry, 1987, pp 32-92 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we review some definitions and results, mainly from multilinear algebra and differential geometry, which we shall need. The reader who is well-versed in differential geometry need only skim it to absorb the notation, while one whose knowledge stems from a half-remembered course taken years ago will probably need to read it more carefully. Few proofs are given, but most of the omitted arguments are trivial or routine; those which are not are clearly flagged. The ability to fill the gaps, or at least sense how the proofs might go, could be taken as a test as to whether the reader has the background for Chapters 3 and 4.

Keywords: Vector Field; Tangent Space; Covariant Derivative; Tangent Vector; Minkowski Space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4684-8_2

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