Introduction to Lorentz geometry : curves and surfaces
by
 
Couto, Ivo Terek, author.

Title
Introduction to Lorentz geometry : curves and surfaces

Author
Couto, Ivo Terek, author.

ISBN
9781000223361
 
9781000223347
 
9781000223354
 
9781003031574

Edition
1st.

Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

General Note
Translated from the Portuguese.
 

1. Welcome to Lorentz-Minkowski Space. 1.1. Pseudo-Euclidean Spaces. 1.2. Subspaces of RQe. 1.3. Contextualization in Special Relativity. 1.4. Isometries in RQe. 1.5. Investigating O1(2, R) And O1(3, R). 1.6 Cross Product in RQe. 2. Local Theory of Curves. 2.1. Parametrized Curves in RQe. 2.2. Curves in the Plane. 2.3. Curves in Space. 3. Surfaces in Space. 3.1. Basic Topology of Surfaces. 3.2. Casual type of Surfaces, First Fundamental Form. 3.3. Second Fundamental Form and Curvatures. 3.4. The Diagonalization Problem. 3.5. Curves in Surface. 3.6. Geodesics, Variational Methods and Energy. 3.7. The Fundamental Theorem of Surfaces. 4. Abstract Surfaces and Further Topics. 4.1. Pseudo-Riemannian Metrics. 4.2. Riemann's Classification Theorem. 4.3. Split-Complex Numbers and Critical Surfaces. 4.4 Digression: Completeness and Causality


Subject Term
Geometry, Differential.
 
Lorentz transformations.
 
Curves.
 
Surfaces.
 
Mathematical physics.
 
MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic
 
SCIENCE / Mathematical Physics
 
MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General

Added Author
Lymberopoulos, Alexandre,

Electronic Access
Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003031574
 
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