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Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds

Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds

by John M. Lee
Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds

Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds

by John M. Lee

Overview

This text focuses on developing an intimate acquaintance with the geometric meaning of curvature and thereby introduces and demonstrates all the main technical tools needed for a more advanced course on Riemannian manifolds. It covers proving the four most fundamental theorems relating curvature and topology: the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, the Cartan-Hadamard Theorem, Bonnet’s Theorem, and a special case of the Cartan-Ambrose-Hicks Theorem.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319917542
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 01/03/2019
Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics , #176
Edition description: 2nd ed. 2018
Pages: 437
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

John "Jack" M. Lee is a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington. Professor Lee is the author of three highly acclaimed Springer graduate textbooks : Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, (GTM 218) Introduction to Topological Manifolds (GTM 202), and Riemannian Manifolds (GTM 176). Lee's research interests include differential geometry, the Yamabe problem, existence of Einstein metrics, the constraint equations in general relativity, geometry and analysis on CR manifolds.

Table of Contents

Preface.- 1. What Is Curvature?.- 2. Riemannian Metrics.- 3. Model Riemannian Manifolds.- 4. Connections.- 5. The Levi-Cevita Connection.- 6. Geodesics and Distance.- 7. Curvature.- 8. Riemannian Submanifolds.- 9. The Gauss–Bonnet Theorem.- 10. Jacobi Fields.- 11. Comparison Theory.- 12. Curvature and Topology.- Appendix A: Review of Smooth Manifolds.- Appendix B: Review of Tensors.- Appendix C: Review of Lie Groups.- References.- Notation Index.- Subject Index.
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