Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics

Starting from an undergraduate level, this book systematically develops the basics of

• Calculus on manifolds, vector bundles, vector fields and differential forms,

• Lie groups and Lie group actions,

• Linear symplectic algebra and symplectic geometry,

• Hamiltonian systems, symmetries and reduction, integrable systems and Hamilton-Jacobi theory.

The topics listed under the first item are relevant for...