Differential Forms and Applications
by Manfredo P. do Carmo · Manfredo P. do Carmo
A short Springer Universitext by do Carmo introducing differential forms in Euclidean space and on manifolds, then applying them to integration, Stokes' theorem, and the differential geometry of surfaces. Readers learn to use forms as a working tool in classical geometry.
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