Topology, Geometry, and Gauge Fields Foundations
Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplines and a resurgence of interest in the modern as well as the clas sical techniques of applied mathe
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Editors J.E. Marsden L. Sirovich M . Golubitsky W. Jager F. John (deceased) Advisor G.Iooss
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Texts in Applied Mathematics 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Sirovich: Introduction to Applied Mathematics . Wiggins: Introduction to Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos . Hale/Korak: Dynamics and Bifurcations. Chorin/Marsden: A Mathematical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics , 3rd ed. Hubbard/West: Differential Equations: A Dynamical Systems Approach : Ordinary Differential Equations. Sontag: Mathematical Control Theory: Deterministic Finite Dimensional Systems. Perko: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, 2nd ed. Seaborn: Hypergeometric Functions and Their Applications . Pipkin: A Course on Integral Equations. Hoppensteadt/Peskin: Mathematics in Medicine and the Life Sciences. Braun: Differential Equations and Their Applications, 4th ed. Stoerlllulirsch: Introduction to Numerical Analysis, 2nd ed. Renardy/Rogers: A First Graduate Course in Partial Differential Equations. Banks: Growth and Diffusion Phenomena: Mathematical Frameworks and Applications. Brenner/Scott: The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods . Van de Velde: Concurrent Scientific Computing . Marsden/Ratiu: Introduction to Mechanics and Symmetry. Hubbard/West: Differential Equations: A Dynamical Systems Approach: Higher-Dimensional Systems. Kaplan/Glass: Understanding Nonlinear Dynamics . Holmes: Introduction to Perturbation Methods. Curtain/Zwart: An Introduction to Infinite-Dimensional Linear Systems Theory. Thomas: Numerical Partial Differential Equations: Finite Difference Methods. Taylor: Partial Differential Equations: Basic Theory. Merkin: Introduction to the Theory of Stability. Naber: Topology, Geometry, and Gauge Fields: Foundations.
Gregory L . Naber
Topology, Geometry, and Gauge Fields Foundations
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Gregory L. Naber Department of Mathematics and Statistics California State University, Chico Chico, CA 95929-0525 USA
Series Editors J.E. Marsden Control and Dynamical Systems, 116-81 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
L. Sirovich Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University Providence, RI 02912 USA
M. Golubitsky Department of Mathematics University of Houston Houston , TX 77204-3476 USA
w.Jager Department of Applied Mathematics Universitat Heidelberg Irn Neuenheimer Feld 294 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) : 22E70, 58G05, 81T13, 53C80 , 58B30 , 81-99 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Naber , Gregory L., 1948Topology, geometry, and gauge fields : foundations / Gregory L. Naber. p. ern . - (Texts in applied mathematics; 25) Includes bibliographical references and index . 1. Topology . 2. Geometry . 3. Gauge fields (Physics) 4. Mathematical physics. I. Title . II. Series . QC20 .7.T65N33 1997 516.3 '62 -dc21 96-49166 Printed on acid-free paper.
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