Differential and Riemannian Geometry |
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER | 18 |
TENSOR CALCULUS AND RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY | 79 |
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affine connection analytic angle arc length assume auto-parallel Christoffel symbols circle components conformal mappings const constant curvature coordinate system covariant derivative covariant differentiation curvature tensor defined developable surface differential equations differential geometry direction du¹ du² element of arc ellipsoid Euclidean space Exercise following result formulas function Gauss Gaussian curvature geodesic curvature geodesic curves geodesic parallelism given hence Hint holonomy group indicatrix initial conditions integral invariant linear connection minimal surfaces moving trihedron neighborhood obtain orthogonal parallel displacement parameter transformation Proof properties Riemannian curvature Riemannian geometry Riemannian metric Riemannian space Rijkl satisfy similarity mapping solution space curves spaces of constant sphere spherical straight lines surface of revolution tangent plane tangent space tangent vectors Theorem theory of surfaces trajectories unit vector V₂ vanishes vector field x(u¹