Riemannian Geometry §

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• Geometric Analysis: Geometric Analysis combines techniques from Riemannian Geometry and Partial Differential Equations to study geometric problems.
• Geometry of Spacetime: Riemannian Geometry provides the mathematical tools to describe the geometry of spacetime in General Relativity.
• Tensor Analysis: Tensor Analysis is a crucial tool in Riemannian Geometry, as many geometric objects are represented as tensors.
• Metric Tensor: The Riemannian metric tensor defines the notion of distance and angles on the manifold.
• Manifolds: Riemannian Geometry deals with manifolds equipped with a Riemannian metric.
• Smooth Space: Riemannian geometry studies smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric.
• Lie Groups: Lie Groups play an important role in Riemannian Geometry, as they provide a way to study symmetries of manifolds.
• Levi-Civita Connection: The Levi-Civita Connection is the unique torsion-free metric connection on a Riemannian manifold.
• Christoffel Symbols: The Christoffel Symbols are the coefficients of the Levi-Civita Connection and are used to define parallel transport and geodesics.
• Ricci Curvature: The Ricci Curvature is a contraction of the Riemann Curvature Tensor and plays a crucial role in the Einstein Field Equations.
• Differential Geometry: Riemannian Geometry is a branch of Differential Geometry that studies curved spaces.
• Riemann Curvature Tensor: The Riemann Curvature Tensor is a fundamental tensor that encodes the curvature of a Riemannian manifold.
• Riemannian Manifolds: Riemannian Manifolds are smooth manifolds equipped with a Riemannian metric, which are the central objects of study in Riemannian Geometry.
• Curvature: A central concept in Riemannian Geometry is the curvature of the manifold, which measures the deviation from flatness.
• Einstein Field Equations: The Einstein Field Equations relate the curvature of spacetime to the distribution of matter and energy in General Relativity.
• Differential Geometry: Riemannian geometry is a branch of differential geometry that studies smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric, providing the setting for general relativity.
• General Relativity: Riemannian Geometry provides the mathematical framework for General Relativity, which describes gravity as curvature of spacetime.
• Geodesics: Geodesics are the generalization of straight lines to curved spaces in Riemannian Geometry.
• Symplectic Geometry: Symplectic Geometry is closely related to Riemannian Geometry, as it studies manifolds with a symplectic form instead of a Riemannian metric.
• Parallel Transport: Parallel transport is a way to transport vectors along curves on a Riemannian manifold while preserving their properties.
• Complex Geometry: Complex Geometry is a branch of Riemannian Geometry that studies complex manifolds, which are manifolds with a complex structure.