Timeline for What should be taught in a 1st course on smooth manifolds?
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| Mar 21, 2011 at 21:06 | comment | added | John Sidles | I want to second the motion that Jack Lee's book <i>Introduction to Smooth Manifolds</i> is beautifully written. Our UW QSE Group has translated substantial portions of Nielsen and Chuang's <i>Quantum Computation and Quantum Information</i> into the geometric language of Lee's <i>Introduction to Smooth Manifolds</i> ... the high quality of both texts made this quite pleasurable. As a reading experience, Lee's text is like rafting the Mississippi river ... a river that is large and somewhat slow ... and yet, with patience, its flow carries the reader smoothly for an immense distance. | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 18:01 | comment | added | Deane Yang | Great answer, especially since it is based on real experience. | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 17:13 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | I've heard rumours of a 2nd edition to Guillemin and Pollack being near completion. | |
| Mar 21, 2011 at 13:32 | history | edited | Charlie Frohman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Fixed grammar and spelling.
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| Mar 20, 2011 at 20:36 | history | answered | Charlie Frohman | CC BY-SA 2.5 |