Differential Geometry: A Geometric Introduction
by David W. Henderson
Publisher: Project Euclid 2013
Number of pages: 250
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This is the only book that introduces differential geometry through a combination of an intuitive geometric foundation, a rigorous connection with the standard formalisms, computer exercises with Maple, and a problems-based approach.
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