Author : P.L. Antonelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401586500
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Lagrange and Finsler Geometry by : P.L. Antonelli
Download or read book Lagrange and Finsler Geometry written by P.L. Antonelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The differential geometry of a regular Lagrangian is more involved than that of classical kinetic energy and consequently is far from being Riemannian. Nevertheless, such geometries are playing an increasingly important role in a wide variety of problems in fields ranging from relativistic optics to ecology. The present collection of papers will serve to bring the reader up-to-date on the most recent advances. Subjects treated include higher order Lagrange geometry, the recent theory of -Lagrange manifolds, electromagnetic theory and neurophysiology. Audience: This book is recommended as a (supplementary) text in graduate courses in differential geometry and its applications, and will also be of interest to physicists and mathematical biologists.