Complete proofs
Self-contained treatment
Interplay between differential geometry and elasticity theory

Preface;
Chapter 1. Three-dimensional differential geometry: 1.1. Curvilinear coordinates, 1.2. Metric tensor, 1.3. Volume, areas, and lengths in curvilinear coordinates, 1.4. Covariant derivatives of a vector field, 1.5. Necessary conditions satisfied by the metric tensor; the Riemann curvature tensor, 1.6. Existence of an immersion defined on an open set in R3 with a prescribed metric tensor, 1.7. Uniqueness up to isometries of immersions with the same metric tensor, 1.8. Continuity of an immersion as a function of its metric tensor;
Chapter 2. Differential geometry of surfaces: 2.1. Curvilinear coordinates on a surface, 2.2. First fundamental form, 2.3. Areas and lengths on a surface, 2.4. Second fundamental form; curvature on a surface, 2.5. Principal curvatures; Gaussian curvature, 2.6. Covariant derivatives of a vector field defined on a surface; the Gauss and Weingarten formulas, 2.7. Necessary conditions satisfied by the first and second fundamental forms: the Gauss and Codazzi-Mainardi equations; Gauss' theorema egregium, 2.8. Existence of a surface with prescribed first and second fundamental forms, 2.9. Uniqueness up to proper isometries of surfaces with the same fundamental forms, 2.10.Continuity of a surface as a function of its fundamental forms;
Chapter 3. Applications to three-dimensional elasticity in curvilinear coordinates: 3.1. The equations of nonlinear elasticity in Cartesian coordinates, 3.2. Principle of virtual work in curvilinear coordinates, 3.3. Equations of equilibrium in curvilinear coordinates; covariant derivatives of a tensor field, 3.4. Constitutive equation in curvilinear coordinates, 3.5. The equations of nonlinear elasticity in curvilinear coordinates, 3.6. The equations of linearized elasticity in curvilinear coordinates, 3.7. A fundamental lemma of J.L. Lions, 3.8. Korn's inequalities in curvilinear coordinates, 3.9. Existence and uniqueness theorems in linearizedelasticity in curvilinear coordinates;
Chapter 4. Applications to shell theory: 4.1. The nonlinear Koiter shell equations, 4.2. The linear Koiter shell equations, 4.3. Korn¿s inequality on a surface, 4.4. Existence and uniqueness theorems for the linear Koiter shell equations; covariant derivatives of a tensor field defined on a surface, 4.5. A brief review of linear shell theories; References;
Index.