Discrete Differential Geometry (DDG) is an emerging discipline at the boundary between mathematics and computer science. It aims to translate concepts from classical differential geometry into a language that is purely finite and discrete, and can hence be used by algorithms to reason about geometric data. In contrast to standard numerical ......
Computational methods to approximate the solution of differential equations play a crucial role in science, engineering, mathematics, and technology. The key processes that govern the physical world-wave propagation, thermodynamics, fluid flow, solid deformation, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, general relativity, and many more-are ......
This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Geometry of Submanifolds, in honor or Bang-Yen Chen's 75th birthday, held from October 20-21, 2018, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The development of contemporary geometry of submanifolds benefited greatly from Bang-Yen Chen's contributions, as several ......
From the Euclidean Space and the Circle to Lie Groups
Coordination, consensus, and synchronization are found in diverse natural phenomena and engineering applications. Examples are flocking birds, illuminating fireflies, a school of fish, and distributed control and sensing. The simplest of such problems are set in the Euclidean spaces and the circle. Consensus and Synchronization: From the Euclidean ......
This volume contains the proceedings of the AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Global Analysis, Honoring the Memory of Tadashi Nagano (1930-2017), held January 16, 2020, in Denver, Colorado. Tadashi Nagano was one of the great Japanese differential geometers, whose fundamental and seminal work still attracts much interest today. ......
Differential Geometry in Physics is a treatment of the mathematical foundations of the theory of general relativity and gauge theory of quantum fields. The material is intended to help bridge the gap that often exists between theoretical physics and applied mathematics. The approach is to carve an optimal path to learning this challenging field ......
This book addresses an important class of mathematical problems (the Riemann problem) for first-order hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs), which arise when modeling wave propagation in applications such as fluid dynamics, traffic flow, acoustics, and elasticity. It covers the fundamental ideas related to classical Riemann solutions, ......
From the Preface of the First Edition: "Our purpose in writing this book is to put material which we found stimulating and interesting as graduate students into form. It is intended for individual study and for use as a text for graduate level courses such as the one from which this material stems, given by Professor W. Ambrose at MIT in ......