North-holland mathematical library, volume 9 : comparison theorems in riemannian.

Comparison Theorems in Riemannian Geometry.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2009.
Colección:North-Holland mathematical library.
Temas:
Geometry, Riemannian.
Riemannian manifolds.
G�eom�etrie de Riemann.
Vari�et�es de Riemann.
MATHEMATICS > Transformations.
Geometry, Riemannian
Riemannian manifolds
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Comparison Theorems in Riemannian Geometry; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Basic Concepts and Results; 0. Notation and preliminaries; 1. First variation of arc length; 2. Exponential map and normal coordinates; 3. The Hopf-Rinow Theorem; 4. The curvature tensor and Jacobi fields; 5. Conjugate points; 6. Second variation of arc length; 7. Submanifolds and the second fundamental form; 8. Basic index lemmas; 9. Ricci curvature and Myers' and Bonnet's Theorems; 10. Rauch Comparison Theorems; 11. The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem; 12. The Cartan-Ambrose-Hicks Theorem.
  • 13. Spaces of constant curvatureChapter 2. Toponogov's Theorem; Chapter 3. Homogeneous spaces; Chapter 4. Morse theory; Chapter 5. Closed geodesics and the cut locus; Chapter 6. The Sphere Theorem and its generalizations; Chapter 7. The differentiable Sphere Theorem; Chapter 8. Complete manifolds of nonnegative curvature; Chapter 9. Compact manifolds of nonpositive curvature; Index.

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