The Geometry of Jet Bundles

by D.J. Saunders

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the theory of jet bundles for mathematicians and physicists who wish to study differential equations, particularly those associated with the calculus of variations, in a modern geometric way. One of the themes of the book is that first-order jets may be considered as the natural generalisation of vector fields for studying variational problems in field theory, and so many of the constructions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521369487
• ISBN13: 9780521369480
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"