{"product_id":"9780471157335","title":"Foundations of Differential Geometry, Volume 1","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Classics Library\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFoundations of Differential Geometry, Volume 1\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShoshichi Kobayashi | Katsumi Nomizu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematics \/ Geometry \/ Differential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis two-volume introduction to differential geometry, part of Wiley's popular \u003ci\u003eClassics Library\u003c\/i\u003e, lays the foundation for understanding an area of study that has become vital to contemporary mathematics. It is completely self-contained and will serve as a reference as well as a teaching guide. \u003cb\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/b\u003e presents a systematic introduction to the field from a brief survey of differentiable manifolds, Lie groups and fibre bundles to the extension of local transformations and Riemannian connections. The \u003cb\u003esecond volume\u003c\/b\u003e continues with the study of variational problems on geodesics through differential geometric aspects of characteristic classes. Both volumes familiarize readers with basic computational techniques.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eShoshichi Kobayashi\u003c\/b\u003e was born January 4, 1932 in Kofu, Japan. After obtaining his mathematics degree from the University of Tokyo and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, he held positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, at MIT and at the University of British Columbia between 1956 and 1962, and then moved to the University of California, Berkeley, where he is now Professor in the Graduate School.\u003cbr\u003eKobayashi's research spans the areas of differential geometry of real and complex variables, and his numerous resulting publications include several book: \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Differential Geometry\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003cb\u003eK. Nomizu\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHyperbolic Complex Manifolds and Holomorphic Mappings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDifferential Geometry of Complex Vector Bundles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 February 1996\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Interscience\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471157335\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380560523404,"sku":"9780471157335","price":188.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471157335_ff6bc504-ca19-4f6a-be8a-2fb1c134841d.jpg?v=1780104145","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780471157335","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}