Applied Exterior Calculus (Revised) (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Biographical Note:
Dominic G. B. Edelen (1933-2010) was Professor of Applied Mathematics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents:
Part One. Vectors and Forms
1. Mathematical Preliminaries
2. Vector Fields
3. Exterior Forms
4. Exterior Derivatives, Lie Derivatives, and Integration
5. Antiexact Differential Forms and Homotopy Operators
Part Two. Applications to Mathematics
6. Isovector Methods for Second-Order Partial Differential Equations
7. Calculus of Variations
Part Three. Applications to Physics
8. Modern Thermodynamics
9. Electrodynamics with Electric and Magnetic Charges
10. Gauge Theories
Appendix
Index

Marc Notes:
Originally published: New York: Wiley, c1985.;A list of errata and two addenda have been prepared especially for this edition--T.p. verso.;Includes bibliographical references and index.

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