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• Pseudo-Riemannian manifold — In differential geometry, a pseudo Riemannian manifold (also called a semi Riemannian manifold) is a generalization of a Riemannian manifold. It is one of many things named after Bernhard Riemann. The key difference between the two is that on a… …   Wikipedia

• Riemannian manifold — In Riemannian geometry, a Riemannian manifold ( M , g ) (with Riemannian metric g ) is a real differentiable manifold M in which each tangent space is equipped with an inner product g in a manner which varies smoothly from point to point. The… …   Wikipedia

• pseudo-Riemannian manifold — Математика: псевдориманово многообразие …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Riemannian geometry — Elliptic geometry is also sometimes called Riemannian geometry. Riemannian geometry is the branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds, smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric , i.e. with an inner product on the tangent… …   Wikipedia

• Pseudo-Euclidean space — A pseudo Euclidean space is a finite dimensional real vector space together with a non degenerate indefinite quadratic form. Such a quadratic form can, after a change of coordinates, be written as : q(x) = left(x 1^2+cdots + x k^2 ight) left(x… …   Wikipedia

• Differentiable manifold — A nondifferentiable atlas of charts for the globe. The results of calculus may not be compatible between charts if the atlas is not differentiable. In the middle chart the Tropic of Cancer is a smooth curve, whereas in the first it has a sharp… …   Wikipedia

• Curvature of Riemannian manifolds — In mathematics, specifically differential geometry, the infinitesimal geometry of Riemannian manifolds with dimension at least 3 is too complicated to be described by a single number at a given point. Riemann introduced an abstract and rigorous… …   Wikipedia

• Fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry — In Riemannian geometry, the fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry states that on any Riemannian manifold (or pseudo Riemannian manifold) there is a unique torsion free metric connection, called the Levi Civita connection of the given metric …   Wikipedia

• Conformally flat manifold — A (pseudo )Riemannian manifold is conformally flat if each point has a neighborhood that can be mapped to flat space by a conformal transformation. More formally, let (M, g) be a pseudo Riemannian manifold. Then (M, g) is conformally flat if for… …   Wikipedia

• Finsler manifold — In mathematics, particularly differential geometry, a Finsler manifold is a differentiable manifold M with a Banach norm defined over each tangent space, smoothly depending on position, and (usually) assumed to satisfy the following… …   Wikipedia