Is this online text a good resource for learning differential geometry and general relativity?

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I found what appears to be a decent online text for an intro to differential geometry and general relativity.

See - http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/pdfs/DiffGeom.pdf

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Oct 19, 2003

Sting

thanks PMB.

Have you added it to the Physics Napster? It would belong on there as well.

Oct 19, 2003

Sting

Here's a link to the Physics Napster thread:

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