Exterior Differential Systems

by Robert L. Bryant, Robert B. Gardner, Shiing-Shen Chern, et al.

Book Overview

This book gives a treatment of exterior differential systems. It will in- clude both the general theory and various applications. An exterior differential system is a system of equations on a manifold defined by equating to zero a number of exterior differential forms. When all the forms are linear, it is called a pfaffian system. Our object is to study its integral manifolds, i. e., submanifolds satisfying all the equations of the system. A fundamental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461397162
• ISBN13: 9781461397168
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 475 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"