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Elementary differential geometry, revised 2nd edition. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone. Search for library items search for lists search for. Lectures on di erential geometry math 240bc john douglas moore department of mathematics university of california santa barbara, ca, usa 93106 email. A first course is an introduction to the classical theory of space curves and surfaces offered at the under graduate and postgraduate courses in harmonic maps and differential geometry, stefano montaldo, 2011, geometry, differential, 284 pages. Additionally, in an attempt to make the exposition more selfcontained, sections on algebraic constructions such as the tensor product and the exterior power are included.
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