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Riemann-finsler Geometryby Shiing-Shen Chern; Zhongmin Shen
World Scientific 2005; US$ 49.40Riemann-Finsler geometry is a subject that concerns manifolds with Finsler metrics, including Riemannian metrics. It has applications in many fields of the natural sciences. Curvature is the central concept in Riemann?Finsler geometry. This invaluable textbook presents detailed discussions on important curvatures such as the Cartan torsion, the S-curvature, the Landsberg curvature and the Riemann curvature. It also deals with Finsler metrics with special curvature or geodesic properties, such as projectively flat Finsler metrics, Berwald metrics, Finsler metrics of scalar flag curvature or isotropic S-curvature, etc. Instructive examples are given in abundance, for further description of some important geometric concepts. The text includes... more...
Universal Spaces and Mappingsby S.D. Iliadis
Elsevier 2005; US$ 215.00The book is devoted to universality problems. A new approach to these problems is given using some specific spaces. Since the construction of these specific spaces is set-theoretical, the given theory can be applied to different topics of Topology such as: universal mappings, dimension theory, action of groups, inverse spectra, isometrical embeddings, and so on. · Universal spaces · Universal mappings · Dimension theory · Actions of groups · Isometric Universal Spaces more...
Initiation to Global Finslerian Geometryby Hassan Akbar-Zadeh
Elsevier 2006; US$ 155.00After a brief description of the evolution of thinking on Finslerian geometry starting from Riemann, Finsler, Berwald and Elie Cartan, the book gives a clear and precise treatment of this geometry. The first three chapters develop the basic notions and methods, introduced by the author, to reach the global problems in Finslerian Geometry. The next five chapters are independent of each other, and deal with among others the geometry of generalized Einstein manifolds, the classification of Finslerian manifolds of constant sectional curvatures. They also give a treatment of isometric, affine, projective and conformal vector fields on the unitary tangent fibre bundle. Key features - Theory of connections of vectors and directions on the... more...
The Mathematics of Minkowski Space-Timeby Dino Boccaletti; Francesco Catoni; Roberto Cannata; Vincenzo Catoni; Enrico Nichelatti; Paolo Zampetti
Springer 2008; US$ 69.95Hyperbolic numbers are proposed for a rigorous geometric formalization of the space-time symmetry of two-dimensional Special Relativity. The system of hyperbolic numbers as a simple extension of the field of complex numbers is extensively studied in the book. In particular, an exhaustive solution of the "twin paradox" is given, followed by a detailed exposition of space-time geometry and trigonometry. Finally, an appendix on general properties of commutative hypercomplex systems with four unities is presented. more...
Klassiker der Pädagogikby Bernd Dollinger
Springer 2011; US$ 59.95Von Rousseau bis Herbart, ber Diesterweg, Natorp, Nohl und Mollenhauer bis Luhmann werden in diesem Band die Grundlegungen der P dagogik der modernen Gesellschaft dargestellt. Neben einer biografischen Orientierung im jeweiligen soziokulturellen Kontext werden die zentralen Aussagen der klassisch gewordenen p dagogischen Akteure dokumentiert. Erg nzt werden die Portraits um die Perspektiven, wie sie jeweils zur sozialen Erziehung entwickelt wurden. Wissenschaftlich aktuell wird das Buch durch die Ber cksichtigung von Foucault, Bourdieu und Luhmann als p dagogische Klassiker der modernisierten Moderne. more...
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