• In mathematical physics, a pseudo-Riemannian manifold, also called a semi-Riemannian manifold, is a differentiable manifold with a metric tensor that is...
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    In differential geometry, a Riemannian manifold is a geometric space on which many geometric notions such as distance, angles, length, volume, and curvature...
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    curvature of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold can be expressed in the same way with only slight modifications. The curvature of a Riemannian manifold can be described...
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  • Jacobi equation. Let ( M , g ) {\displaystyle (M,g)} be a Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian manifold, and X ( M ) {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)} be the...
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    In Riemannian geometry, an exponential map is a map from a subset of a tangent space TpM of a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) M to...
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  • of a Riemannian manifold. Ricci-flat manifolds are a special kind of Einstein manifold. In theoretical physics, Ricci-flat Lorentzian manifolds are of...
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  • Levi-Civita connection (category Riemannian geometry)
    of a manifold (i.e. affine connection) that preserves the (pseudo-)Riemannian metric and is torsion-free. The fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry...
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    in a surface, or more generally in a Riemannian manifold. The term also has meaning in any differentiable manifold with a connection. It is a generalization...
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  • Riemannian geometry is the branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds, defined as smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric (an...
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    In mathematics, a symmetric space is a Riemannian manifold (or more generally, a pseudo-Riemannian manifold) whose group of isometries contains an inversion...
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