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A smooth embedding is an injective immersion f : M → N that is also a topological embedding, so that M is diffeomorphic to its image in N. An immersion is precisely a local embedding – that is, for any point x ∈ M there is a neighbourhood, U ⊆ M, of x such that f : U → N is an embedding, and conversely a local embedding is an ...
This is a list of formulas encountered in Riemannian geometry. Einstein notation is used throughout this article. This article uses the "analyst's" sign convention for Laplacians, except when noted otherwise.
The technical statement appearing in Nash's original paper is as follows: if M is a given m-dimensional Riemannian manifold (analytic or of class C k, 3 ≤ k ≤ ∞), then there exists a number n (with n ≤ m(3m+11)/2 if M is a compact manifold, and with n ≤ m(m+1)(3m+11)/2 if M is a non-compact manifold) and an isometric embedding ƒ: M → R n (also analytic or of class C k). [15]
This proves the uniqueness of a torsion-free and metric-compatible condition; that is, any such connection must be given by the above formula. To prove the existence, it must be checked that the above formula defines a connection that is torsion-free and metric-compatible. This can be done directly.
Basic results include the Whitney embedding theorem and Whitney immersion theorem. Riemann surface for the function f(z) = √ z, shown as a ramified covering space of the complex plane. In complex geometry, ramified covering spaces are used to model Riemann surfaces, and to analyze maps between surfaces, such as by the Riemann–Hurwitz formula.
Let (M, g) and (N, h) be two Riemannian manifolds and : a (surjective) submersion, i.e., a fibered manifold.The horizontal distribution := is a sub-bundle of the tangent bundle of which depends both on the projection and on the metric .
The Levi-Civita connection is named after Tullio Levi-Civita, although originally "discovered" by Elwin Bruno Christoffel.Levi-Civita, [1] along with Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, used Christoffel's symbols [2] to define the notion of parallel transport and explore the relationship of parallel transport with the curvature, thus developing the modern notion of holonomy.
The first variation of area formula is a fundamental computation for how this quantity is affected by the deformation of the submanifold. The fundamental quantity is to do with the mean curvature . Let ( M , g ) denote a Riemannian manifold, and consider an oriented smooth manifold S (possibly with boundary) together with a one-parameter family ...