Introduction to Geometry and Topology

Werner Ballmann is Professor of Differential Geometry at the University of Bonn and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn.

“This book is an excellent companion to everyone involved in courses on Differential Topology and/or Differential Geometry. Quite efficiently it gets to several deep results avoiding diversions, still giving a sense of pace friendly to the reader. Otherwise it takes matters till the accesible point and proposes literature for further progress. Strongly recommendable.” (Jesus M. Ruiz, European Mathematical Society, euro-math-soc.eu, February, 2019)“Mathematical exposition has a curatorial aspect. … Along the path to the Stokes theorem, readers meet some undisguised algebraic topology and beyond it get a solid introduction to differential geometry, including the Riemann curvature tensor. Manywill wish they had used this book as students. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” (D. V. Feldman, Choice, Vol. 56 (6), February, 2019)

• I. First Steps in the Topology.- II. Manifolds.- III. Differential Forms and Cohomology.- IV. Geometry of Submanifolds.- A. Alternating Multilinear Forms.- B. Cochain Complexes.- Bibliography.- Index.