What are some arguments against anatoly fomenkos book. Earlier we had seen the problem book on differential geometry and topology by these two authors which is the associated problem book for this course. Fomenko collates this evidence to argue that all those ancient chronicles are different versions of events which really happened roughly between ad and 1400 ad. Kop modern geometry methods and applications av b a dubrovin, a t fomenko, s p novikov pa. Mishchenko, fomenko a course of differential geometry and topology. Mar 01, 2011 now comes mathematical impressions public library the incredible illustrations of soviet mathematician anatolii fomenko, exploring the intersection of mathematics and the myth of light geometry. Buy a course of differential geometry and topology by aleksandr sergeevich mishchenko, a. Since the mid1970s, fomenko has created more than 280 illustrations. The author of 210 scientific publications, 26 monographs and textbooks on mathematics, a specialist in geometry and symplectic topology, variational calculus, hamiltonian geometry and mechanics, computational geometry. Since the 1970s, fomenko has produced more than 280 illustrations, 84 of which 61 blackandwhite and 23 color are collected in this. The key event in fomenko s timeline is the life of christ who was born in 1053 ad rather than 6bc, fomenko believes. Novikov this is the first volume of a threevolume introduction to modern geometry which emphasizes applications to. Fomenko department of higher geometry and topology, faculty of mechanics and mathematics, moscow state university, moscow 119899, u. Since the mid1970s, fomenko has created more than 280 graphic works.
The geometry of surfaces, transformation groups, and fields graduate texts in mathematics by b. Full member academician of the russian academy of sciences, full member of the russian academy of natural sciences, full member of the international higher education academy of sciences, doctor of physics and mathematics, professor, head of the moscow state university department of mathematics and mechanics. This material is explained in as simple and concrete a language as possible, in a. His book modern geometry, coauthored with academician s. Fomenko, socalled consensual history is a finly woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events preceding the sixteenth century. The present book is the outcome of a reworking, reordering, and ex tensive. The present book is the outcome of a reworking, reordering, and ex tensive elaboration of the abovementioned lecture notes. Full text of anatoly fomenko books internet archive. Fundamental concepts of riemannian geometry and topology of. Modern geometry, and of the survey of vinogradov, kupershmitd structure. Not only have his images filled pages of his own numerous books on geometry, but they have also been chosen to illustrate books on other subjects, such as statistics, probability, and number theory.
A course of differential geometry and topology mishchenko. Integral calculus by beatriz navarro lameda and nikita. The geometry of surfaces, transformation groups, and fields graduate texts in mathematics pt. Yuriy drozd intriduction to algebraic geometry download book. Jun 05, 2016 he is a regular invited speaker at the international congress of mathematicians. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This is the first volume of a threevolume introduction to modern geometry, with emphasis on applications to other areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. Not only have his images filled pages of some of his own books on geometry, but they have also been chosen to illustrate books on other subjects including statistics, probability, number theory etc by many other mathematicians. Affine varieties, hilberts nullstell, projective and abstract varieties, grassmann varieties and vector bundles, finite morphisms, dimension theory, regular and singular points, tangent space, complete local rings, intersection theory.
Dubrovin, was published in french by mir publishers. Problems in differential geometry and topology mishchenko. Author of a number of books on the development of new empiricostatistical methods and their application to the analysis of historical chronicles as well as the chronology of antiquity and the middle ages. It is the authors view that it will serve as a basic text from which the essentials for a course in modern geometry may be easily extracted.
Selected problems in differential geometry and topology. In fact, before reading this book, you have most probably been one of such devotees. Fomenko differential geometry and topology plenum publishing corporation. There is not a single piece of firm written evidence or artifact that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the sixteenth century. Fomenko, differential geometry and topology kirwan, frances c. Elements of di erential geometry on alexandrov spaces of curvature bounded below the exponential map. Essential facts concerning functions on a manifold. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit. There is not a single piece of firm written evidence or artifact that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than.
The principal aim of this book is to narrate, in an accessible and fairly visual language, some classical and modern achievements of geometry and topology in both intrinsic mathematical problems and applications to mathematical physics. What are some arguments against anatoly fomenko s book history. In section 3 we discuss di erential geometry on alexandrov space of curvature bounded above. Novikov are due the original conception and the overall plan of the. Buy selected problems in differential geometry and topology by a. Iran chronicle of the great empire of the xiixvii centuries andronicuschrist also andrew the pious, dmitry donskoy, sergius of radonezh also berthold schwarz, ivan the terrible, elena voloshanka, false dmitry, maryna mniszech and suleyman the glorious on the pages of the famous epos shah namah. Mishchenko, fomenko a course of differential geometry and. However, there has been hitherto no unanimous agreement as to exactly how such courses should be brought up to date, that is to say, which parts of modern geometry should be regarded as absolutely essential to a modern mathematical education, and what might be the appropriate level of abstractness of their exposition. He is author of a pseudoscientific theory known as new chronology, based on works of russiansoviet writer. Novikov is the author of modern geometry methods and applications 4. Up until recently, riemannian geometry and basic topology were not included. Dubrovin, fomenko, novikov, modern geometry iiii, springer, 1990. Visual and hidden symmetry in geometry sciencedirect.
An introduction to manifolds, by loring tu, with pdf here. But if we look more closely into our past, we will find there many strange things and mismatches. Modern geometrymethods and applications b a dubrovin, a t. Kop modern geometrymethods and applications av b a dubrovin, a t fomenko, i s novikov pa. The geometry of surfaces of transformation groups, and fields graduate texts in mathematics by dubrovin, b. Professor fomenko has published more than 70 scientific papers and 5 books. Scientific books and museum expositions, historical novels and films convince us that nearly everything is known about the history of mankind and nearly on every question of a curious mind historians will definitely find a ready answer. Theres some great material that professor novikov presents in this three. Topics covered include tensors and their differential calculus, the calculus of variations in one and several dimensions, and geometric field theory.
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