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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…
An important question in geometry and analysis is to know when two k-forms f and g are equivalent through a change of variables. The problem is therefore to find a map? so that it satisfies the pullback equation:?*(g) = f. In more physical terms, the question under consideration…