Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the actual construction. Modern constructive geometry provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacture of complex shapes. This results in new challenges for architecture. However, the architectural application also poses new problems to geometry. Architectural geometry is therefore an entire research area, currently emerging at the border between applied geometry and architecture. This book has been written as a textbook for students of architecture or industrial design. It comprises material at all levels, from the basics of geometric modeling to the cutting edge of research. During the architectural journey through geometry, topics typically reserved for a mathematically well-trained audience are addressed in an easily understandable way. These include central concepts on freeform curves and surfaces, differential geometry, kinematic geometry, mesh processing, digital reconstruction, and optimization of shapes. This book is also intended as a geometry consultant for architects, construction engineers, and industrial designers and as a source of inspiration for scientists interested in applications of geometry processing in architecture and art.

A basic problem in computer vision is to understand the structure of a real world scene given several images of it. Techniques for solving this problem are taken from projective geometry and photogrammetry. Here, the authors cover the geometric principles and their algebraic representation in terms of camera projection matrices, the fundamental matrix and the trifocal tensor. The theory and methods of computation of these entities are discussed with real examples, as is their use in the reconstruction of scenes from multiple images. The new edition features an extended introduction covering the key ideas in the book (which itself has been updated with additional examples and appendices) and significant new results which have appeared since the first edition. Comprehensive background material is provided, so readers familiar with linear algebra and basic numerical methods can understand the projective geometry and estimation algorithms presented, and implement the algorithms directly from the book.

This well-accepted introduction to computational geometry is a textbook for high-level undergraduate and low-level graduate courses. The focus is on algorithms and hence the book is well suited for students in computer science and engineering. Motivation is provided from the application areas: all solutions and techniques from computational geometry are related to particular applications in robotics, graphics, CAD/CAM, and geographic information systems. For students this motivation will be especially welcome. Modern insights in computational geometry are used to provide solutions that are both efficient and easy to understand and implement. All the basic techniques and topics from computational geometry, as well as several more advanced topics, are covered. The book is largely self-contained and can be used for self-study by anyone with a basic background in algorithms. In this third edition, besides revisions to the second edition, new sections discussing Voronoi diagrams of line segments, farthest-point Voronoi diagrams, and realistic input models have been added.

A comprehensive, self-contained treatment presenting general results of the theory. Establishes a geometric intuition and a working facility with specific geometric practices. Emphasizes applications through the study of interesting examples and the development of computational tools. Coverage ranges from analytic to geometric. Treats basic techniques and results of complex manifold theory, focusing on results applicable to projective varieties, and includes discussion of the theory of Riemann surfaces and algebraic curves, algebraic surfaces and the quadric line complex as well as special topics in complex manifolds.

Differential geometry and topology have become essential tools for many theoretical physicists. In particular, they are indispensable in theoretical studies of condensed matter physics, gravity, and particle physics."Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition" introduces the ideas and techniques of differential geometry and topology at a level suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in these fields. The second edition of this popular and established text incorporates a number of changes designed to meet the needs of the reader and reflect the development of the subject. The book features a considerably expanded first chapter, reviewing aspects of path integral quantization and gauge theories. Chapter 2 introduces the mathematical concepts of maps, vector spaces, and topology. The following chapters focus on more elaborate concepts in geometry and topology and discuss the application of these concepts to liquid crystals, superfluid helium, general relativity, and bosonic string theory. Later chapters unify geometry and topology, exploring fiber bundles, characteristic classes, and index theorems.New to this second edition is the proof of the index theorem in terms of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The final two chapters are devoted to the most fascinating applications of geometry and topology in contemporary physics, namely the study of anomalies in gauge field theories and the analysis of Polakov's bosonic string theory from the geometrical point of view. "Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition" is an ideal introduction to differential geometry and topology for postgraduate students and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics.

本书系统地论述了微分几何的基本知识。作者用前3章，以及第6章共计4章的篇幅介绍了流形、多重线性函数、向量场、外微分、李群和活动标架等基本知识和工具。基于上述基础知识，论述了微分几何的核心问题，即联络、黎曼几何、以及曲面论。第7章是当前十分活跃的研究领域——复流形。陈省身先生是此研究领域的大家，此章包含有作者独到、深刻的见解和简捷、有效的方法。第8章的Finsler几何是本书第2版新增加的一章，它是陈省身先生近年来一直倡导的研究课题，其中Chern联络具有突出的性质，它使得黎曼几何成为Finsler几何的特殊情形。最后两个附录，介绍了大范围曲线论和曲面论，以及微分几何与理论物理关系的论述，为这两个活跃的前沿领域提出了不少进一步的研究课题。 此书可作为高校数学与理论物理专业高年级本科生和研究生教材，也可供从事物理和数学等相关学科研究人员参考。如果从双语教学角度来考虑，它无疑也是理想的候选者。

本书是莫斯科大学数学力学系对几何课程现代化改革的成果，作者之一的诺维可夫是1970年菲尔兹奖和2005年沃尔夫奖得主。全书力求以直观的和物理的视角阐述，是一本难得的现代几何方面的好书。内容包括张量分析、曲线和曲面几何、一维和高维变分法(第一卷)，微分流形的拓扑和几何(第二卷)，以及同调与上同调理论(第三卷)。 本书可用作数学和理论物理专业高年级和研究生的教学用书，对从事几何和拓扑研究的工作者也极有参考价值。

本书是黎曼几何的一本入门教材。本书从黎曼度量及联络出发，介绍了黎曼流形研究中的各种基本概念和技巧。以测地线的研究为重点讨论了各种形式的比较定理和Morse指数定理，同时还介绍了子流形几何学。书中也勾画了近代微分几何中的一些重大成果，如球面定理、正质量猜想以及几乎平坦流形等，最后还列举了当今微分几何研究中的一些尚待解决的问题。 本书可供大学、师范院校数学系高年级选修课教材以及研究生教材，也可供数学工作者参考。

现代几何学：方法与应用（第1卷几何曲面变换群与场第5版），ISBN：9787040189469，作者：（俄）Б.А.杜布洛文、С.П.诺维可夫、А.Т.福明柯

String theory says we live in a ten-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space , Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is also fundamental to the very nature of our universe. Time and again, where Yau has gone, physics has followed. Now for the first time, readers will follow Yau’s penetrating thinking on where we’ve been, and where mathematics will take us next. A fascinating exploration of a world we are only just beginning to grasp, The Shape of Inner Space will change the way we consider the universe on both its grandest and smallest scales.

《曲线与曲面的微分几何》是曲线和曲面局部微分几何学和整体几何学的一本引论，是大学微分几何课程的经典教材。它的内容和取材均相当丰富，习题充足完整，许多章节知识可以籍习题向下作延伸推广。在叙述方法上与传统方式有如下不同：较广泛地应用了线性代数的基本知识，在一定程度上强调了基本的几何事实，并不陷入方法技巧或机遇性的细节中。

This two-volume introduction to differential geometry, part of Wiley's popular Classics Library, lays the foundation for understanding an area of study that has become vital to contemporary mathematics. It is completely self-contained and will serve as a reference as well as a teaching guide. Volume 1 presents a systematic introduction to the field from a brief survey of differentiable manifolds, Lie groups and fibre bundles to the extension of local transformations and Riemannian connections. The second volume continues with the study of variational problems on geodesics through differential geometric aspects of characteristic classes. Both volumes familiarize readers with basic computational techniques.