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Springer India Modern Geometry Methods - Vol I by Dubrovin
This is the first volume of a three-volume introduction to modern geometry, with emphasis on applications to other areas of mathe- matics and theoretical physics. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions and geometric field theory: This material is explained in as simple and concrete a language as possible, in a terminology acceptable to physicists. The text for the second edition has been substantially revised.