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Differential Systems and Isometric Embeddings: 114 (Annals of Mathematics Studies, 114) - Softcover

Book 125 of 202: Annals of Mathematics Studies

Griffiths, Phillip A.; Jensen, Gary R.

 
9780691084305: Differential Systems and Isometric Embeddings: 114 (Annals of Mathematics Studies, 114)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691084300 ISBN 13: 9780691084305
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1987

Synopsis

The theory of exterior differential systems provides a framework for systematically addressing the typically non-linear, and frequently overdetermined, partial differential equations that arise in differential geometry. Adaptation of the techniques of microlocalization to differential systems have led to recent activity on the foundations of the theory; in particular, the fundamental role of the characteristic variety in geometric problems is now clearly established. In this book the general theory is explained in a relatively quick and concrete manner, and then this general theory is applied to the recent developments in the classical problem of isometric embeddings of Riemannian manifolds.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691084300
ISBN 13 
9780691084305
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
238