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This document provides a table of contents for a textbook on differential geometry and its applications. The textbook is divided into 8 chapters that cover topics like the geometry of curves and surfaces, curvatures, constant mean curvature surfaces, geodesics and metrics, holonomy and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, the calculus of variations and geometry, and a glimpse at higher dimensions. The table of contents lists the section titles for each chapter to give an overview of the topics and concepts covered. It also includes appendices with examples, problem solutions, and suggested student projects related to differential geometry.

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Diff Geom With Apps

This document provides a table of contents for a textbook on differential geometry and its applications. The textbook is divided into 8 chapters that cover topics like the geometry of curves and surfaces, curvatures, constant mean curvature surfaces, geodesics and metrics, holonomy and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, the calculus of variations and geometry, and a glimpse at higher dimensions. The table of contents lists the section titles for each chapter to give an overview of the topics and concepts covered. It also includes appendices with examples, problem solutions, and suggested student projects related to differential geometry.

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Differential Geometry

and its
Applications
Second Edition

John Oprea
Cleveland State University

The Mathematical Association of America


Contents

Preface xiii
Note to Students xix
1 The Geometry of Curves 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Arclength Parametrization 14
1.3 Frenet Formulas 17
1.4 Non-Unit Speed Curves 27
1.5 Some Implications of Curvature and Torsion 34
1.6 Green's Theorem and the Isoperimetric Inequality 38
1.7 The Geometry of Curves and Maple 42
2 Surfaces . ; T 67
2.1 Introduction v -7. r '[ 67
2.2 The Geometry of Surfaces _-. '*>$ 77
2.3 The Linear Algebra of Surfaces * 86
2.4 Normal Curvature :~r 91
2.5 Surfaces and Maple .' 96
3 Curvatures - 107
3.1 Introduction 107
3.2 Calculating Curvature Ill
3.3 Surfaces of Revolution 119
3.4 A Formula for Gauss Curvature 123
3.5 Some Effects of Curvature(s) 127
3.6 Surfaces of Delaunay 133
3.7 Elliptic Functions, Maple and Geometry 137
3.8 Calculating Curvature with Maple 149
4 Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces 161
4.1 Introduction 161
4.2 First Notions in Minimal Surfaces 164

ix
Contents

4.3 Area Minimization 170


4.4 Constant Mean Curvature 173
4.5 Harmonic Functions 179
4.6 Complex Variables 182
4.7 Isothermal Coordinates 184
4.8 The Weierstrass-Enneper Representations 187
4.9 Maple and Minimal Surfaces 197
Geodesies, Metrics and Isometries 209
5.1 Introduction 209
5.2 The Geodesic Equations and the Clairaut Relation 215
5.3 A Brief Digression on Completeness 225
5.4 Surfaces not in K3 226
5.5 Isometries and Conformal Maps 235
5.6 Geodesies and Maple 241
5.7 An Industrial Application 262
Holonomy and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem 275
6.1 Introduction 275
6.2 The Covariant Derivative Revisited 277
6.3 Parallel Vector Fields and Holonomy 280
6.4 Foucault's Pendulum 284
6.5 The Angle Excess Theorem 286
6.6 The Gauss-Bonnet Theorem 289
6.7 Applications of Gauss-Bonnet 292
6.8 Geodesic Polar Coordinates 297
6.9 Maple and Holonomy 305
The Calculus of Variations and Geometry - '[ 311
7.1 The Euler-Lagrange Equations j *l 311
7.2 Transversality and Natural Boundary Conditions ". 318
7.3 The Basic Examples '.{. 322
7.4 Higher-Order Problems : 327
7.5 The Weierstrass E-Function ^f. 334
7.6 Problems with Constraints 346
7.7 Further Applications to Geometry and Mechanics 356
7.8 The Pontryagin Maximum Principle 366
7.9 An Application to the Shape of a Balloon 371
7.10 The Calculus of Variations and Maple 380
A Glimpse at Higher Dimensions 397
8.1 Introduction 397
8.2 Manifolds 397
8.3 The Covariant Derivative 401
8.4 Christoffel Symbols 409
8.5 Curvatures 416
8.6 The Charming Doubleness 430
Contents xi

A List of Examples 437


A. 1 Examples in Chapter 1 437
A.2 Examples in Chapter 2 437
A.3 Examples in Chapter 3 438
A.4 Examples in Chapter 4 438
A.5 Examples in Chapter 5 438
A.6 Examples in Chapter 6 438
A.7 Examples in Chapter 7 439
A.8 Examples in Chapter 8 439
B Hints and Solutions to Selected Problems 441
C Suggested Projects for Differential Geometry 453
Bibliography 455
Index 461
About the Author 469

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