{"product_id":"9781071653364","title":"An Introduction to Manifolds","description":"\u003ch3\u003eUniversitext\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAn Introduction to Manifolds\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLoring W. Tu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematics \/ Topology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSmooth manifolds—the higher-dimensional analogues of smooth curves and surfaces—are fundamental objects in modern mathematics. Drawing on algebra, topology, and analysis, they also play key roles in classical mechanics, general relativity, quantum field theory, and data analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis streamlined introduction develops the theory of manifolds with the goal of helping readers achieve a rapid mastery of the essential topics. By the end of the book, readers will be able to compute, for simple spaces, one of the most basic topological invariants of a manifold: its de Rham cohomology. Along the way, they will gain the knowledge and skills needed for further study in geometry and topology. The third edition emphasizes clarity and simplification.  While preserving the overall structure of the second edition, every section has been rewritten, with new or simplified proofs, clearer exposition, and additional exercises, hints, and solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis book is suitable for a one-semester graduate or advanced undergraduate course, as well as for independent study.  The necessary point-set topology appears in a twenty-page appendix; other appendices review material from real analysis and linear algebra. Hints and solutions accompany many exercises and problems. Requiring only minimal undergraduate prerequisites, \u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Manifolds\u003c\/em\u003e also provides an excellent foundation for the author's companion volumes: \u003cem\u003eDifferential Geometry: Connections, Curvature and Characteristic Classes; Differential Forms in Algebraic Topolog\u003c\/em\u003ey (with Raoul Bott); \u003cem\u003eIntroductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoring W. Tu \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Taipei, Taiwan, and grew up in Taiwan, Canada, and the United States. He attended McGill University and Princeton University as an undergraduate, and obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University under the supervision of Phillip A. Griffiths. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and Tufts University.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn algebraic geometer by training, he has done research at the interface of algebraic geometry, topology, and differential geometry, including Hodge theory, degeneracy loci, moduli spaces of vector bundles, and equivariant cohomology. He is the coauthor with Raoul Bott of \u003cem\u003eDifferential Forms in Algebraic Topology\u003c\/em\u003e; the author of \u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Manifolds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDifferential Geometry: Connections, Curvature, and Characteristic Classes\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eIntroductory Lectures on Equivariant Cohomology\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the editor of \u003cem\u003eRaoul Bott: Collected Papers, vol. 5\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781071653364\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\u003e436\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46608264593548,"sku":"9781071653364","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781071653364.jpg?v=1781056839","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781071653364","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}