Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms
by Wright, Joseph EdmundFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-06-19
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary
This classic monograph by a mathematician affiliated with Trinity College, Cambridge, offers a brief account of the invariant theory connected with a single quadratic differential form. A historical overview is followed by considerations of the methods of Christoffel and Lie as well as Maschke's symbolic method and explorations of geometrical and dynamical methods. 1960 edition.
Author Biography
Joseph Edmund Wright was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and also taught at Bryn Mawr College in the United States.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. Historical
II. The Method of Christoffel
III. The Method of Lie
IV. Maschke's Symbolic Method
V. Applications: Geometrical
Applications: Dynamical
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