Synthetic Differential Geometry

by Anders Kock

Synthetic Differential Geometry is a method of reasoning in differential geometry and differential calculus, based on the assumption of sufficiently many nilpotent elements on the number line, in particular numbers d such that d2=0. The use of nilpotent elements allows one to replace the limit processes of calculus by purely algebraic calculations and notions. For the first half of the book, first published in 2006, familiarity with differential calculus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521687381
• ISBN13: 9780521687386
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"