An Introduction to Manifolds (Paperback, 2nd)

Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.-Chapter 1. Eudlidean Spaces. 1. Smooth Functions on a Euclidean Space.- 2. Tangent Vectors in R(N) as Derivativations.- 3. The Exterior Algebra of Multicovectors.- 4. Differential Forms on R(N).- Chapter 2. Manifolds.- 5. Manifolds.- 6. Smooth Maps on a Manifold.- 7. Quotients.- Chapter 3. The Tangent Space.- 8. The Tangent Space.- 9. Submanifolds.- 10. Categories and Functors.- 11. The Rank of a Smooth Map.- 12. The Tangent Bundle.- 13. Bump Functions and Partitions of Unity.- 14. Vector Fields.-Chapter 4. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.- 15. Lie Groups.- 16. Lie Algebras.- Chapter 5. Differential Forms.- 17. Differential 1-Forms.- 18. Differential k-Forms.- 19. The Exterior Derivative.- 20. The Lie Derivative and Interior Multiplication.- Chapter 6. Integration.- 21. Orientations.- 22. Manifolds with Boundary.- 23. Integration on Manifolds.- Chapter 7. De Rham Theory.- 24. De Rham Cohomology.- 25. The Long Exact Sequence in Cohomology.- 26. The Mayer -Vietoris Sequence.- 27. Homotopy Invariance.- 28. Computation of de Rham Cohomology.- 29. Proof of Homotopy Invariance.-Appendices.- A. Point-Set Topology.- B. The Inverse Function Theorem on R(N) and Related Results.- C. Existence of a Partition of Unity in General.- D. Linear Algebra.- E. Quaternions and the Symplectic Group.- Solutions to Selected Exercises.- Hints and Solutions to Selected End-of-Section Problems.- List of Symbols.- References.- Index.