Mathematical Physics

by Robert Geroch

Book Overview

Mathematical Physics is an introduction to such basic mathematical structures as groups, vector spaces, topological spaces, measure spaces, and Hilbert space. Geroch uses category theory to emphasize both the interrelationships among different structures and the unity of mathematics. Perhaps the most valuable feature of the book is the illuminating intuitive discussion of the "whys" of proofs and of axioms and definitions. This book, based on Geroch's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226288617
• ISBN13: 9780226288611
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.