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The first, which comprises chapters 0 through 9, is a revised and somewhat enlarged version of the 1972 book geometrie differentielle. Marcel berger,1 one of the worlds leading differential. Gostiaux, bernard and a great selection of related books. This book is an introduction to modern differential geometry. Marcel berger author of a panoramic view of riemannian. Marcel berger 14 april 1927 15 october 2016 was a french mathematician, doyen of french differential geometry, and a former director of the institut des hautes etudes scientifiques ihes, france. The second part, chapters 10 and 11, is an attempt to remedy the notorious absence in. My book with david ebin, comparision theorems in riemannian. A panoramic view of riemannian geometry by marcel berger. This book consists of two parts, different in form but similar in spirit.
Books by marcel berger author of a panoramic view of. Manifolds, curves, and surfaces graduate texts in mathematics 1988th edition. This is the first part of the 2volume textbook geometry which provides a very readable and lively presentation of large parts of geometry in the classical sense. Riemannian geometry has today become a vast and important subject. Volume i of this 2volume textbook provides a lively and readable.
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