Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The concept of a manifold
- 2 Vector and tensor fields
- 3 Mappings of tensors induced by mappings of manifolds
- 4 Lie derivative
- 5 Exterior algebra
- 6 Differential calculus of forms
- 7 Integral calculus of forms
- 8 Particular cases and applications of Stokes' theorem
- 9 Poincaré lemma and cohomologies
- 10 Lie groups: basic facts
- 11 Differential geometry on Lie groups
- 12 Representations of Lie groups and Lie algebras
- 13 Actions of Lie groups and Lie algebras on manifolds
- 14 Hamiltonian mechanics and symplectic manifolds
- 15 Parallel transport and linear connection on M
- 16 Field theory and the language of forms
- 17 Differential geometry on TM and T *M
- 18 Hamiltonian and Lagrangian equations
- 19 Linear connection and the frame bundle
- 20 Connection on a principal G-bundle
- 21 Gauge theories and connections
- 22 Spinor fields and the Dirac operator
- Appendix A Some relevant algebraic structures
- Appendix B Starring
- Bibliography
- Index of (frequently used) symbols
- Index
16 - Field theory and the language of forms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The concept of a manifold
- 2 Vector and tensor fields
- 3 Mappings of tensors induced by mappings of manifolds
- 4 Lie derivative
- 5 Exterior algebra
- 6 Differential calculus of forms
- 7 Integral calculus of forms
- 8 Particular cases and applications of Stokes' theorem
- 9 Poincaré lemma and cohomologies
- 10 Lie groups: basic facts
- 11 Differential geometry on Lie groups
- 12 Representations of Lie groups and Lie algebras
- 13 Actions of Lie groups and Lie algebras on manifolds
- 14 Hamiltonian mechanics and symplectic manifolds
- 15 Parallel transport and linear connection on M
- 16 Field theory and the language of forms
- 17 Differential geometry on TM and T *M
- 18 Hamiltonian and Lagrangian equations
- 19 Linear connection and the frame bundle
- 20 Connection on a principal G-bundle
- 21 Gauge theories and connections
- 22 Spinor fields and the Dirac operator
- Appendix A Some relevant algebraic structures
- Appendix B Starring
- Bibliography
- Index of (frequently used) symbols
- Index
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- Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists , pp. 429 - 477Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006