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Riemannian Metrics

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Riemannian Geometry

Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics ((GTM,volume 171 ))

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In this chapter we introduce the spaces and maps that pervade the subject. Without discussing any theory we present several examples of basic Riemannian manifolds and Riemannian maps. All of these examples will be at the heart of future investigations into constructions of Riemannian manifolds with various interesting properties.

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Petersen, P. (2016). Riemannian Metrics. In: Riemannian Geometry. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 171 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26654-1_1

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