Can anyone recommend some books talking about differential forms ?

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As in the title , I recently somehow want to learn differential form , but ,actually , I do not really know where I should start , or what books I should read ..

So,can anyone recommend some useful books ?

 

[stevenb]

As in the title , I recently somehow want to learn differential form , but ,actually , I do not really know where I should start , or what books I should read ..

So,can anyone recommend some useful books ?

"Advanced calculus: A differential forms approach", by Harold M. Edwards

"A Geometric Approach to Differential Forms", by David Bachman

 

[mathwonk]

Bachman's book is excellent for a geometric understanding. The book of Henri Cartan is also outstanding, but more advanced than Bachman. I myself first overcame my fear of forms by reading the elementary exposition by Harley Flanders in an MAA book on global geometry.

 

[Fredrik]

The stuff about forms in "Introduction to smooth manifolds" by John M. Lee is very good.

 

[Goldbeetle]

Have a look at this link: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~sjamaar/classes/3210/
I would download the notes and get Weinstraub's book which is excellent as introduction.

 

[sponsoredwalk]

My dream is to get a really good understanding of differential forms within the next few
months. Here are the books I think that I'm trying to decide on:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0971576653/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817637079/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805390219/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/047152638X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0821810456/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817644997/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521468000/?tag=pfamazon01-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441973990/?tag=pfamazon01-20

These all look like good introductory texts, worth checking out.

 

[Goldbeetle]

sponsoredwalk,
Have a look at this link: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~sjamaar/classes/3210/
I would download the notes and get Weinstraub's book which is excellent as introduction.