目錄
Chapter 0 Calculus in Euclidean Space
0.1 Euclidean Space
0.2 The Topology of Euclidean Space
0.3 Differentiation in Rn
0.4 Tangent Space
0.5 Local Behavior of Differentiable Functions (Injective and Surjective Functions)
Chapter 1 Curves
1.1 Definitions
1.2 The Frenet Frame
1.3 The Frenet Equations
1.4 Plane Curves; Local Theory
1.5 Space Curves
1.6 Exercises
Chapter 2 Plane Curves: Global Theory
2.1 The Rotation Number
2.2 The Umlaufsatz
2.3 Convex Curves
Chapter 3 Surfaces: Local Theory
3.1 Definitions
3.2 The First Fundamental Form
3.3 The Second Fundamental Form
3.4 Curves on Surfaces
3.5 Principal Curvature, Gauss Curvature, and Mean Curvature
3.6 Normal Form for a Surface, Special Coordinates
3.7 Special Surfaces, Developable Surfaces
3.8 The Gauss and Codazzi-Mainardi Equations
3.9 Exercises and Some Further Results
Chapter 4 Intrinsic Geometry of Surfaces: Local Theory
4.1 Vector Fields and Covariant Differentiation
4.2 Parallel Translation
4.3 Geodesics
4.4 Surfaces of Constant Curvature
4.5 Examples and Exercises
Chapter 5 Two-dimensional Riemannian Genometry
Chapter 6 The Global Geometry of Surfaces
References
Index
Index of Symbols