From Differential Geometry to Relativity
Levi-Civita’s Lectures on the Absolute Differential Calculus, 1925–1928
Rossana Tazzioli
Université de Lille, France
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| FrontmatterDownload pp. i–iv | |
| PrefaceDownload pp. vii–ix | |
| ContentsDownload pp. xi–xii | |
| 1 | Introductionpp. 1–15 |
| 2 | An Italian tradition: From Beltrami to Ricci Curbastropp. 17–51 |
| 3 | A change of perspectivepp. 53–85 |
| 4 | From Padua to Romepp. 87–117 |
| 5 | Levi-Civita’s lectures on tensor calculus, 1925–1928pp. 119–158 |
| 6 | A teaching tool for tensor calculuspp. 159–198 |
| 7 | Advances in researchpp. 199–249 |
| 8 | Dissemination of tensor calculuspp. 251–302 |
| 9 | Against tensor calculuspp. 303–335 |
| 10 | Epiloguepp. 337–375 |
| A | Appendixpp. 377–472 |
| Referencespp. 473–516 | |
| Index of namespp. 517–523 |