The geometry of manifolds .... (an essay by R.O.Wells Jr.)

[fresh_42]

I have found this paper on the internet and think it might be interesting for some on this forum because there are frequently questions similar to the ones the paper tries to answer.

Author: Raymond O. Wells Jr

The geometry of manifolds and the perception of space

This essay discusses the development of key geometric ideas in the 19th century which led to the formulation of the concept of an abstract manifold (which was not necessarily tied to an ambient Euclidean space) by Hermann Weyl in 1913. This notion of manifold and the geometric ideas which could be formulated and utilized in such a setting (measuring a distance between points, curvature and other geometric concepts) was an essential ingredient in Einstein's gravitational theory of space-time from 1916 and has played important roles in numerous other theories of nature ever since.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00890
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1605.00890v1.pdf

 

[jedishrfu]

I have found this paper on the internet and think it might be interesting for some on this forum because there are frequently questions similar to the ones the paper tries to answer.



http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00890
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1605.00890v1.pdf

and it was written on May the 4th.

Also this is something @micromass and @Mark44 might like.

 

[micromass]

and it was written on May the 4th.

Also this is something @micromass and @Mark44 might like.

Indeed it is. It's a very interesting read. Thanks for alerting me to it!