Jul 6, 2004 #1 B bearpetty Newbie level 6 Joined Dec 3, 2003 Messages 12 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 57 for beginner is ok. i am an EE PH.d student.
Jul 7, 2004 #2 boy Advanced Member level 1 Joined Sep 30, 2002 Messages 481 Helped 98 Reputation 196 Reaction score 58 Trophy points 1,308 Location Thailand Activity points 3,963 I have a basic book, Elements of Diffential Geometry by millman & parker, 1977 Prentice Hall. BTW, what do u gonna use it for? I try to understand it and try to use it in a very complex optimization problem.
I have a basic book, Elements of Diffential Geometry by millman & parker, 1977 Prentice Hall. BTW, what do u gonna use it for? I try to understand it and try to use it in a very complex optimization problem.
Nov 29, 2004 #3 S sonthach Junior Member level 1 Joined Nov 3, 2004 Messages 19 Helped 1 Reputation 2 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 88 **broken link removed**
Dec 18, 2004 #4 G greek Member level 3 Joined Nov 10, 2004 Messages 61 Helped 1 Reputation 2 Reaction score 1 Trophy points 1,288 Activity points 381 these are the books that were recommended at university. I prefer the first one by Spivak but I dont have any in electronic format M. Spivak, Calculus on Manifolds. A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus, W A Benjamin Inc. M. Spivak, A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry W. F. Boothby, An Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry, 2nd edition, Academic Press
these are the books that were recommended at university. I prefer the first one by Spivak but I dont have any in electronic format M. Spivak, Calculus on Manifolds. A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus, W A Benjamin Inc. M. Spivak, A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry W. F. Boothby, An Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry, 2nd edition, Academic Press