Timeline for Undergraduate differential geometry texts
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| Jul 9, 2021 at 15:23 | comment | added | Deane Yang | thanks. I'll have to take a closer look at both to decide whether I want to use one if I teach undergraduate differential geometry in the spring. | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 13:26 | comment | added | Anton Petrunin | @DeaneYang Good question. Both books are on the geometric side; I do not know more geometric treatments --- so these books are closer to each other than to any other text on the subject. Our book is more rigorous, the covered materials are different; we tried to cover only techniques that are absolutely essential for further study of comparison geometry. (By the way, I guess you know that Toponogov's book is based on his lecture notes and published after his death, it explains some awkwardness of his book.) | |
| Jul 8, 2021 at 18:17 | comment | added | Deane Yang | Anton, could you say a little about significant differences between your book and Toponogov's? I like that both books are only about 200 pages long. My guess is that your exercises are more challenging than Toponogov's. Do you think that's the case? | |
| S Jul 8, 2021 at 8:08 | history | answered | Anton Petrunin | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
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