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Comparison Theorems in Riemannian Geometry

Bibliographic Details
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier 2009, 2009
Series:	North-Holland Mathematical Library
Subjects:	Geometry, Riemannian / Fast / (ocolc)fst00940940 Geometry, Riemannian / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054159 Géométrie De Riemann Riemannian Manifolds / Fast / (ocolc)fst01097804 Mathematics / Transformations / Bisacsh Variétés De Riemann Riemannian Manifolds / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114045
Online Access:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0...
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Table of Contents:

13. Spaces of constant curvatureChapter 2. Toponogov's Theorem; Chapter 3. Homogeneous spaces; Chapter 4. Morse theory; Chapter 5. Closed geodesics and the cut locus; Chapter 6. The Sphere Theorem and its generalizations; Chapter 7. The differentiable Sphere Theorem; Chapter 8. Complete manifolds of nonnegative curvature; Chapter 9. Compact manifolds of nonpositive curvature; Index
Front Cover; Comparison Theorems in Riemannian Geometry; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Basic Concepts and Results; 0. Notation and preliminaries; 1. First variation of arc length; 2. Exponential map and normal coordinates; 3. The Hopf-Rinow Theorem; 4. The curvature tensor and Jacobi fields; 5. Conjugate points; 6. Second variation of arc length; 7. Submanifolds and the second fundamental form; 8. Basic index lemmas; 9. Ricci curvature and Myers' and Bonnet's Theorems; 10. Rauch Comparison Theorems; 11. The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem; 12. The Cartan-Ambrose-Hicks Theorem