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viii<strong>Applied</strong> <strong>Diff</strong>erential <strong>Geom</strong>etry: A Modern IntroductionThe fifth chapter develops modern jet bundle geometry, together withits main applications in non–autonomous mechanics and field physics. Allmaterial in this chapter is based on the previous chapter.The sixth chapter develops modern geometrical machinery of Feynman’spath integrals, together with their various physical and non–physical applications.For most of this chapter, only the third chapter is a neccessarybackground, assuming a basic understanding of quantum mechanics (asprovided in the above–mentioned World Scientific book, Natural Biodynamics).The book contains both an extensive Index (which allows easy connectionsbetween related topics) and a number of cited references related tomodern applied differential geometry.Our approach to dynamics of complex systems is somewhat similar tothe approach to mathematical physics used at the beginning of the 20thCentury by the two leading mathematicians: David Hilbert and John vonNeumann – the approach of combining mathematical rigor with conceptualclarity, or geometrical intuition that underpins the rigor.The intended audience includes (but is not restricted to) theoreticaland mathematical physicists; applied and pure mathematicians; control,robotics and mechatronics engineers; computer and neural scientists;mathematically strong chemists, biologists, psychologists, sociologists andeconomists – both in academia and industry.Compared to all differential–geometric books published so far, <strong>Applied</strong><strong>Diff</strong>erential <strong>Geom</strong>etry: A Modern Introduction has much wider variety ofboth physical and non–physical applications. After comprehensive readingof this book, a reader should be able to both read and write journalpapers in such diverse fields as superstring & topological quantum field theory,nonlinear dynamics & control, robotics, biomechanics, neurodynamics,psychodynamics and socio–economical dynamics.V. <strong>Ivancevic</strong>Defence Science & Technology Organisation, Australiae-mail: Vladimir.<strong>Ivancevic</strong>@dsto.defence.gov.auT. <strong>Ivancevic</strong>School of Mathematics, The University of Adelaidee-mail: Tijana.<strong>Ivancevic</strong>@adelaide.edu.auAdelaideMay, 2006

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