De Rham cohomology is the cohomology of differential forms. This book offers a self-contained exposition to this subject and to the theory of characteristic classes from the curvature point of view. It requires no prior knowledge of the concepts of algebraic topology or cohomolo…
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<P>"[The author's] idea is to use geometric intuition to alleviate some of the algebraic difficulties...The emphasis is on understanding rather than on detailed derivations and proofs. This is definitely the right approach in a course at this level." <i><b>-MAA Reviews (Review o…
"[The author's] idea is to use geometric intuition to alleviate some of the algebraic difficulties ... The emphasis is on understanding rather than on detailed derivations and proofs. This is definitely the right approach in a course at this level."¡¡ --MAA Reviews (Review of Fi…
