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Manifolds, Tensors, and Forms: An Introduction For Mathematicians and Physicists

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Manifolds, Tensors, and Forms: An Introduction For Mathematicians and Physicists

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MANIFOLDS, TENSORS, AND FORMS

An Introduction for Mathematicians and Physicists

PAUL RENTELN
California State University San Bernardino
and
California Institute of Technology

CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents

Preface page ix

1 Linear algebra 1
1.1 Vector spaces 1
1.2 Linear maps 3
1.3 Exact sequences 4
1.4 Quotient spaces 6
1.5 Matrix representations 7
1.6 The dual space 8
1.7 Change of basis 9
1.8 Upstairs or downstairs? 11
1.9 Inner product spaces 14
1.10 The Riesz lemma 19
1.11 Adjoint maps, transpose maps, and duality 20
Additional exercises 21

2 Multilinear algebra 30
2.1 The tensor product 30
2.2 General tensors 33
2.3 Change of basis 34
2.4 Tensors as multilinear maps 34
2.5 Symmetry types of tensors 35
2.6 Alternating tensors and the space AP V of p-vectors 38
2.7 The exterior algebra 41
2.8 The induced linear transformation A T 42
2.9 The Hodge dual 44
Additional exercises 49
vi Contents

3 Differentiation on manifolds 54
3.1 Basic topolo gy* 54
3.2 Multivariable calculus facts 59
3.3 Coordinates 60
3.4 Differentiable manifolds 62
3.5 Smooth maps on manifolds 68
3.6 Immersions and embeddings 70
3.7 The tangent space 73
3.8 The cotangent space Tp* M 79
3.9 The cotangent space as jet space* 81
3.10 Tensor fields 83
3.11 Differential forms 87
3.12 The exterior derivative 89
3.13 The interior product 93
3.14 Pullback 95
3.15 Pushforward 97
3.16 Integral curves and the Lie derivative 100
Additional exercises 104

4 Homotopy and de Rham cohomology 116


4.1 Homotopy 117
4.2 The Poincar lemma 120
4.3 de Rham cohomology 122
4.4 Diagram chasing* 125
4.5 The Mayer—Vietoris sequence* 128
Additional exercises 134

5 Elementary homology theory 139


5.1 Simplicial complexes 139
5.2 Homology 144
5.3 The Euler characteristic 149
Additional exercises 151
6 Integration on manifolds 158
6.1 Smooth singular homology 158
6.2 Integration on chains 159
6.3 Change of variables 160
6.4 Stokes' theorem 163
6.5 de Rham's theorem 169
Additional exercises 174
Contents vii

7 Vector bundles 176


7.1 The definitions 176
7.2 Connections 181
7.3 Cartan's moving frames and connection forms 183
7.4 Curvature forms and the Bianchi identity 184
7.5 Change of basis 185
7.6 The curvature matrix and the curvature Operator 186
Additional exercises 188
8 Geometric manifolds 193
8.1 Index gymnastics 194
8.2 The Levi-Civita connection 199
8.3 The Riemann curvature tensor 204
8.4 More curvature tensors 206
8.5 Fiat manifolds 208
8.6 Parallel transport and geodesics 212
8.7 Jacobi fields and geodesic deviation 215
8.8 Holonomy 216
8.9 Hodge theory 221
Additional exercises 225
9 The degree of a smooth map 249
9.1 The hairy ball theorem and the Hopf fibration 252
9.2 Linking numbers and magnetostatics 255
9.3 The Poincar—Hopf index theorem and the Gauss—Bonnet
theorem 259
Appendix A Mathematical background 263
Appendix B The spectral theorem 271
Appendix C Orientations and top-dimensional forms 274
Appendix D Riemann normal coordinates 276
Appendix E Holonomy of an infinitesimal loop 281
Appendix F Frobenius' theorem 284
Appendix G The topology of electrical circuits 296
Appendix H Intrinsic and extrinsic curvature 308
References 317
Index 321

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