文档介绍：Anastasios Mallios
Modern Differential Geometry
in Gauge Theories
Maxwell Fields, Volume I
Birkhauser¨
Boston • Basel • Berlin
Anastasios Mallios
University of Athens Panepistimioupolis
Department of Mathematics
GR-157 84, Athens
Greece
Cover design by Mary Burgess.
Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53C05, 53C07, 53C80, 18F20, 53D50, 53Z05, 55N30,
19M05, 58A40, 58D27, 58D30, 58K99, 58Z05, 58E15, 81Q70, 81P99, 81T13, 83C45, 83C47, 16D10,
16D40, 16E99, 58C99, 55R05
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005043605
ISBN-10 0-8176-4378-8 e-ISBN 0-8176-4474-1
ISBN-13 978-0-8176-4378-2
Modern Differential Geometry in Gauge Theories:
Yang–Mills Fields, Volume II ISBN 0-8176-4379-6
Modern Differential Geometry in Gauge Theories:
Volumes I + II (Set) ISBN 0-8176-4476-8
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Contents
General Preface .................................................. ix
Preface to Volume I ............................................... xi
Acknowledgements ............................................... xv
Part I Maxwell Fields: General Theory
1 The Rudiments of Abstract Different