《微分几何与积分几何(英文版)》分为四部分:PartⅠWhatisGeometryandDifferentialGeometry;PartⅡLecturesonIntegralGeometry;PartⅢDifferentiableManifolds;PartⅣLectureNotesonDifferentiableGeometry。《微分几何与积分几何(英文版)》内容包括:WhatIsGeometry;LecturesonIntegralGeometry;MultilinearAlgebra;DifferentiableManifolds;ExteriorDifferentialForms;AffineConnections;RiemannianManifolds;ReviewofSurfaceTheory;MinimalSurfaces;PseudosphericalSurface等。
Thefirsteditionwasintendedtobeasynthesisofreformandtraditionalapproachestocalculusinstruction。InthissecondeditionIcontinuetofollowthatpathbyempha-sizingconceptualunderstandingthroughvisual,numerical,andalgebraicapproaches。Theprincipalwayinwhichthisbookdiffersfrommymoretraditionalcalculustextbooksisthatitismorestreamlined。Forinstance,thereisnopletechapterontechniquesofintegration;Idon'tproveasmanytheorems(seethediscussiononrigoronpage);andthematerialontranscendentalfunctionsandonparametricequationsisinterwoventhroughoutthebookinsteadofbeingtreatedinseparatechapters。Instruc-torswhopreferfullercoverageoftraditionalcalculustopicsshouldlookatmybooksCalculus,FourthEditionandCalculus:EarlyTranscendentals,FourthEdition。ChangesintheSecondEdition~Thedatainexamplesandexerciseshavebeenupdatedtobemoretimely。~Severalnewexampleshavebeenadded。Forinstance,IaddedthenewExample1inSection5.4(page381)becausestudentshaveatoughtimegraspingtheideaofafunctiondefinedbyanintegralwithavariablelimitofintegratio