Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry and a familiarity with algebra

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Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry and a familiarity with algebraElementary, yet authoritative and scholarly, this book offers an excellent brief introduction to the classical theory of differential geometry. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students who will find it not only highly readable but replete with illustrations carefully selected to help stimulate the student's visual understanding of geometry. The text features an abundance of problems, most of which are simple enough for class use,