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via the exponential map; for metric spaces, the statement that a connected, simply connected complete geodesic metric space with non-positive curvature in the sense of Alexandrov is a (globally)
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Riemannian manifold the injectivity radius is either half the minimal length of a closed geodesic or the minimal distance between conjugate points on a geodesic.
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The following articles may also be useful; they either contain specialised vocabulary or provide more detailed expositions of the definitions given below.
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is the statement that a connected, simply connected complete Riemannian manifold with non-positive sectional curvature is diffeomorphic to
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is conformally flat if it is locally conformally equivalent to a Euclidean space, for example standard sphere is conformally flat.
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a generalization of Riemannian manifolds with upper, lower or integral curvature bounds (the last one works only in dimension 2)
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It can be also generalized to arbitrary codimension, in which case it is a quadratic form with values in the normal space.
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is a quadratic form on the tangent space of hypersurface, usually denoted by II, an equivalent way to describe the
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of metric space is the infimum of radii of metric balls which contain the space completely.
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with a metric such that each simplex with induced metric is isometric to a simplex in
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and others, do not have exactly the same meaning as in general mathematical usage.
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is a metric space where any two points are the endpoints of a unique minimizing
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acting on itself by left multiplication and a finite group of automorphisms
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is a natural way to differentiate vector fields on Riemannian manifolds.
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is a metric space where any two points are the endpoints of a minimizing
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of a metric space is the supremum of distances between pairs of points.
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is the maximum and minimum normal curvatures at a point on a surface.
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is a one side infinite geodesic which is minimizing on each interval
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of a Riemannian manifold is the largest radius of a ball which is a
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in the submanifold are also geodesics of the surrounding manifold.
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Note that a quasigeodesic is not necessarily a continuous curve.
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is a complete simply connected space with nonpositive curvature.
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is the infimum of the injectivity radii at all points. See also
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of a Riemannian manifold is the largest radius for which the
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between metric spaces is called a submetry if there exists
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of a map between metric spaces is the infimum of numbers
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on a Riemannian manifold is a convex if for any geodesic
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is a submanifold with (vector of) mean curvature zero.
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is called bi-Lipschitz if there are positive constants
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has two meanings; here we give the most common. A map
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For complete manifolds, if the injectivity radius at
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An infranilmanifold is finitely covered by a 748: 3551:any geodesic connecting them lies entirely in 3094:is a map between Riemannian manifolds which is 1352:{\displaystyle f\circ \gamma (t)-\lambda t^{2}} 2469:is the direction of the principal curvatures. 203:Glossary of differential geometry and topology 3625: 2124:map between these spaces with constants exp(- 2110:the convergence defined by Lipschitz metric. 1771:Given a simply connected nilpotent Lie group 1733:, then either there is a geodesic of length 2 3180: 3159: 161:— it doesn't cover the terminology of 90:"Glossary of Riemannian and metric geometry" 2311:: associated to an imbedding of a manifold 1716:injectivity radius of a Riemannian manifold 872:is called the center of mass of the points 293:denotes a self-reference to this glossary. 77:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 3795:Fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry 3632: 3618: 1379:is called convex if for any two points in 999:{\displaystyle f(x)=\sum _{i}|p_{i}x|^{2}} 2551: 2360: 2325: 153:This is a glossary of some terms used in 141:Learn how and when to remove this message 3208:is a linear operator on tangent spaces, 1954:, then the Jacobi field is described by 1614:{\displaystyle (\gamma (t),\gamma '(t))} 1009:Such a point is unique if all distances 924:{\displaystyle p_{1},p_{2},\dots ,p_{k}} 3607:constructed using a set of generators. 3442:{\displaystyle f(B_{r}(x))=B_{r}(f(x))} 2558:{\displaystyle I\subseteq \mathbb {R} } 2145:is a right inverse of Exponential map. 1387:connecting them which lies entirely in 14: 3895: 715:, the Busemann function is defined by 3613: 3297:{\displaystyle S(v)=\pm \nabla _{v}n} 1474:Exponential map (Riemannian geometry) 1866:is a map which preserves distances. 277:denotes the distance between points 208:List of differential geometry topics 75:adding citations to reliable sources 42: 1947:{\displaystyle \gamma _{0}=\gamma } 24: 3315:is a distance non increasing map. 3282: 2374:{\displaystyle {\mathbb {R} }^{N}} 2339:{\displaystyle {\mathbb {R} }^{N}} 2188:is the parametrization by length. 2010: 1986: 1698:The injectivity radius at a point 758: 25: 3929: 2475:is a metric space in which every 2350:is the orthogonal complement (in 1103:is a map which preserves angles. 213:Unless stated otherwise, letters 2315:into an ambient Euclidean space 1783:one can define an action of the 47: 2120:such that there is a bijective 1914:{\displaystyle \gamma _{\tau }} 313: 3603:on a group is a metric of the 3584:Uniquely geodesic metric space 3521:-cycle nonhomologous to zero. 3504: 3498: 3436: 3433: 3427: 3421: 3405: 3402: 3396: 3383: 3272: 3266: 3171: 3165: 3153: 3141: 2982: 2970: 2958: 2955: 2949: 2940: 2934: 2928: 2913: 2901: 2806: 2756: 2744: 2732: 2729: 2723: 2714: 2708: 2702: 2687: 2675: 2521: 2246:{\displaystyle \leq \epsilon } 2005: 1999: 1973: 1967: 1608: 1605: 1599: 1585: 1579: 1573: 1330: 1324: 1233:{\displaystyle f\circ \gamma } 1153:if there is a Jacobi field on 1042: 1017: 986: 967: 950: 944: 800: 790: 780: 774: 767: 763: 755: 741: 735: 677: 665: 648: 643: 637: 631: 625: 618: 604: 592: 543: 257: 245: 233:denote Riemannian manifolds, | 13: 1: 3362:we have that image of metric 2565:is a subsegment) is called a 3722:Raising and lowering indices 1649:Gromov-Hausdorff convergence 1470:Exponential map (Lie theory) 1268:-convex if for any geodesic 1049:{\displaystyle |p_{i}p_{j}|} 312: 225:below denote metric spaces, 198:Glossary of general topology 7: 3517:, is the minimal volume of 3510:{\displaystyle syst_{k}(M)} 3330:is a factor of a connected 1753:above) and on the distance 1449:such that the given map is 10: 3934: 3743:Pseudo-Riemannian manifold 3253:is a tangent vector then 3245:is a unit normal field to 2492:Pseudo-Riemannian manifold 1839:{\displaystyle N\rtimes F} 1820:by a discrete subgroup of 1805:{\displaystyle N\rtimes F} 31: 3908:Glossaries of mathematics 3872:Geometrization conjecture 3859: 3833: 3787: 3756: 3652: 3543:of a Riemannian manifold 2826:if there are constants 2257:which generalize limits. 2253:. This is distinct from 2222:-net if for any point in 2215:{\displaystyle \epsilon } 1737:which starts and ends at 1375:of a Riemannian manifold 3354:such that for any point 3077:Riemann curvature tensor 2815:{\displaystyle f:X\to Y} 2646:{\displaystyle x,y\in I} 2530:{\displaystyle f:I\to Y} 1531:which locally minimizes 1261:{\displaystyle \lambda } 552:{\displaystyle f:X\to Y} 325: 320: 270:{\displaystyle |xy|_{X}} 3454:Sub-Riemannian manifold 3119:Second fundamental form 2871:{\displaystyle C\geq 0} 2845:{\displaystyle K\geq 1} 2614:{\displaystyle C\geq 0} 2588:{\displaystyle K\geq 1} 2569:if there are constants 2381:) of the tangent space 2186:Natural parametrization 1634:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1288:with natural parameter 1281:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1207:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1166:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1142:{\displaystyle \gamma } 823:Cartan–Hadamard theorem 3882:Uniformization theorem 3815:Nash embedding theorem 3748:Riemannian volume form 3707:Levi-Civita connection 3511: 3443: 3298: 3187: 2998: 2872: 2846: 2816: 2772: 2647: 2615: 2589: 2559: 2531: 2405: 2404:{\displaystyle T_{p}M} 2375: 2340: 2286: 2247: 2216: 2101:Levi-Civita connection 2065:Kähler-Einstein metric 2042: 1948: 1915: 1840: 1806: 1635: 1615: 1497:embedding or immersion 1492:First fundamental form 1353: 1302: 1282: 1262: 1234: 1208: 1167: 1143: 1050: 1000: 925: 848:Einstein–Cartan theory 807: 691: 553: 455: 450: 445: 440: 435: 430: 425: 420: 415: 410: 405: 400: 395: 390: 385: 380: 375: 370: 365: 360: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 330: 271: 3903:Differential geometry 3512: 3444: 3299: 3188: 3091:Riemannian submersion 3011:has distance at most 2999: 2873: 2847: 2817: 2773: 2648: 2616: 2590: 2560: 2532: 2406: 2376: 2341: 2287: 2285:{\displaystyle S^{1}} 2248: 2217: 2108:Lipschitz convergence 2043: 1949: 1916: 1846:which acts freely on 1841: 1816:. An orbit space of 1807: 1741:or there is a point 1655:Geodesic metric space 1636: 1616: 1354: 1303: 1283: 1263: 1235: 1209: 1168: 1144: 1086:Complete metric space 1051: 1001: 926: 808: 692: 554: 272: 163:differential topology 3805:Gauss–Bonnet theorem 3712:Covariant derivative 3593: 3578: 3524: 3476: 3377: 3260: 3133: 3126:of a hypersurface, 3105: 3030: 2885: 2856: 2830: 2794: 2659: 2625: 2621:such that for every 2599: 2573: 2541: 2509: 2497: 2423: 2385: 2354: 2319: 2269: 2234: 2226:there is a point in 2206: 2180: 2148: 2084: 2079:Killing vector field 2058: 1961: 1925: 1898: 1886:A Jacobi field is a 1876: 1824: 1790: 1690: 1665: 1625: 1570: 1517: 1478: 1460: 1419: 1407:Covariant derivative 1312: 1292: 1272: 1252: 1218: 1198: 1173:which has a zero at 1157: 1133: 1013: 938: 876: 842:extended Einstein's 816: 722: 585: 531: 509: 485:Almost flat manifold 470: 241: 71:improve this article 29:Mathematics glossary 3918:Riemannian geometry 3877:Poincaré conjecture 3738:Riemannian manifold 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3193: 3182: 3179: 3176: 3173: 3170: 3167: 3164: 3161: 3158: 3155: 3152: 3149: 3146: 3143: 3124:shape operator 3107: 3104: 3032: 3029: 3005: 3004: 2993: 2990: 2987: 2984: 2981: 2978: 2975: 2972: 2969: 2966: 2963: 2960: 2957: 2954: 2951: 2948: 2945: 2942: 2939: 2936: 2933: 2930: 2927: 2924: 2921: 2918: 2915: 2912: 2909: 2906: 2903: 2900: 2895: 2892: 2867: 2864: 2861: 2841: 2838: 2835: 2824:quasi-isometry 2811: 2808: 2805: 2802: 2799: 2786:Quasi-isometry 2779: 2778: 2767: 2764: 2761: 2758: 2755: 2752: 2749: 2746: 2743: 2740: 2737: 2734: 2731: 2728: 2725: 2722: 2719: 2716: 2713: 2710: 2707: 2704: 2701: 2698: 2695: 2692: 2689: 2686: 2683: 2680: 2677: 2674: 2669: 2666: 2642: 2639: 2636: 2633: 2630: 2610: 2607: 2604: 2584: 2581: 2578: 2553: 2549: 2546: 2526: 2523: 2520: 2517: 2514: 2499: 2496: 2425: 2422: 2400: 2395: 2391: 2368: 2362: 2333: 2327: 2279: 2275: 2242: 2239: 2211: 2182: 2179: 2155:Mean curvature 2150: 2147: 2086: 2083: 2060: 2057: 2049: 2048: 2037: 2032: 2029: 2026: 2021: 2015: 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650: 645: 642: 639: 636: 633: 630: 627: 624: 620: 616: 611: 606: 601: 598: 594: 590: 548: 545: 542: 539: 536: 519:center of mass 511: 508: 472: 469: 459: 458: 453: 448: 443: 438: 433: 428: 423: 418: 413: 408: 403: 398: 393: 388: 383: 378: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 343: 338: 333: 328: 323: 317: 311: 309: 264: 259: 254: 251: 247: 211: 210: 205: 200: 191: 190: 185: 180: 175: 149: 148: 55: 53: 46: 28: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3930: 3919: 3916: 3914: 3911: 3909: 3906: 3904: 3901: 3900: 3898: 3883: 3880: 3878: 3875: 3873: 3870: 3868: 3865: 3864: 3862: 3858: 3852: 3849: 3847: 3844: 3842: 3839: 3838: 3836: 3832: 3826: 3825:Schur's lemma 3823: 3821: 3818: 3816: 3813: 3811: 3808: 3806: 3803: 3801: 3800:Gauss's lemma 3798: 3796: 3793: 3792: 3790: 3786: 3780: 3777: 3775: 3772: 3770: 3767: 3765: 3762: 3761: 3759: 3755: 3749: 3746: 3744: 3741: 3739: 3736: 3734: 3731: 3727: 3723: 3720: 3718: 3715: 3713: 3710: 3708: 3705: 3704: 3703: 3702:Metric tensor 3700: 3698: 3697:Inner product 3695: 3693: 3690: 3688: 3685: 3681: 3678: 3676: 3673: 3671: 3668: 3666: 3663: 3662: 3661: 3658: 3657: 3655: 3651: 3646: 3642: 3635: 3630: 3628: 3623: 3621: 3616: 3615: 3612: 3608: 3606: 3602: 3601: 3591: 3589: 3585: 3576: 3574: 3573: 3568: 3564: 3560: 3558: 3554: 3550: 3546: 3542: 3538: 3534: 3533: 3532: 3522: 3520: 3501: 3493: 3489: 3485: 3482: 3479: 3471: 3467: 3463: 3462: 3457: 3456: 3455: 3430: 3424: 3416: 3412: 3408: 3399: 3391: 3387: 3380: 3373: 3372: 3371: 3369: 3365: 3361: 3357: 3353: 3349: 3345: 3344: 3339: 3337: 3333: 3329: 3328: 3323: 3322: 3321: 3316: 3314: 3313: 3308: 3291: 3286: 3278: 3275: 3269: 3263: 3256: 3255: 3254: 3252: 3248: 3244: 3240: 3236: 3232: 3228: 3224: 3220: 3215: 3211: 3207: 3203: 3202: 3197: 3177: 3174: 3168: 3162: 3156: 3150: 3147: 3144: 3129: 3128: 3127: 3125: 3121: 3120: 3115: 3114: 3113: 3103: 3101: 3097: 3093: 3092: 3087: 3086: 3085: 3080: 3079: 3078: 3073: 3072: 3071: 3066: 3065: 3064: 3059: 3057: 3053: 3051: 3047: 3043: 3039: 3037: 3028: 3026: 3022: 3018: 3014: 3010: 2991: 2988: 2985: 2979: 2976: 2973: 2967: 2964: 2961: 2952: 2946: 2943: 2937: 2931: 2925: 2922: 2919: 2916: 2910: 2907: 2904: 2898: 2893: 2890: 2881: 2880: 2879: 2865: 2862: 2859: 2839: 2836: 2833: 2825: 2809: 2803: 2800: 2797: 2789: 2787: 2782: 2765: 2762: 2759: 2753: 2750: 2747: 2741: 2738: 2735: 2726: 2720: 2717: 2711: 2705: 2699: 2696: 2693: 2690: 2684: 2681: 2678: 2672: 2667: 2664: 2655: 2654: 2653: 2640: 2637: 2634: 2631: 2628: 2608: 2605: 2602: 2582: 2579: 2576: 2568: 2567:quasigeodesic 2547: 2544: 2524: 2518: 2515: 2512: 2504: 2503:Quasigeodesic 2495: 2494: 2493: 2488: 2486: 2482: 2478: 2474: 2470: 2468: 2464: 2462: 2461: 2456: 2454: 2450: 2446: 2445: 2440: 2439: 2438: 2437:Path isometry 2433: 2432: 2431: 2421: 2420: 2416: 2412: 2398: 2393: 2389: 2366: 2349: 2331: 2314: 2310: 2309: 2308:Normal bundle 2304: 2302: 2298: 2295: 2277: 2273: 2264: 2263: 2258: 2256: 2240: 2237: 2229: 2225: 2209: 2201: 2197: 2193: 2189: 2187: 2178: 2176: 2175: 2170: 2169: 2168: 2167:Metric tensor 2163: 2162: 2158: 2157: 2156: 2146: 2144: 2140: 2139: 2138: 2137:Lipschitz map 2133: 2131: 2127: 2123: 2119: 2115: 2111: 2109: 2105: 2103: 2102: 2097: 2095: 2091: 2090:Length metric 2082: 2081: 2080: 2075: 2074: 2073: 2072:Kähler metric 2068: 2067: 2066: 2056: 2055: 2054: 2035: 2030: 2027: 2024: 2019: 2013: 2002: 1994: 1990: 1976: 1970: 1964: 1957: 1956: 1955: 1941: 1938: 1933: 1929: 1906: 1902: 1893: 1889: 1885: 1884: 1874: 1873: 1872: 1867: 1865: 1864: 1859: 1857: 1853: 1850:is called an 1849: 1833: 1830: 1827: 1819: 1815: 1799: 1796: 1793: 1786: 1782: 1778: 1774: 1770: 1766: 1764: 1760: 1756: 1752: 1748: 1744: 1740: 1736: 1732: 1728: 1723: 1721: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1688: 1686: 1682: 1681: 1676: 1674: 1673: 1663: 1661: 1657: 1656: 1651: 1650: 1646: 1644: 1628: 1602: 1595: 1592: 1588: 1582: 1576: 1565: 1561: 1557: 1553: 1550: 1546: 1542: 1541: 1540:Geodesic flow 1536: 1534: 1530: 1526: 1525: 1515: 1514: 1513: 1512:Flat manifold 1508: 1506: 1505:metric tensor 1502: 1498: 1494: 1493: 1488: 1487: 1486: 1476: 1475: 1471: 1467: 1458: 1456: 1452: 1448: 1444: 1440: 1438: 1435:is a surface 1434: 1433: 1428: 1426: 1417: 1416: 1415: 1410: 1409: 1408: 1403: 1402: 1401: 1396: 1394: 1390: 1386: 1385:shortest path 1382: 1378: 1374: 1370: 1369: 1364: 1362: 1344: 1340: 1336: 1333: 1327: 1321: 1318: 1315: 1295: 1275: 1255: 1247: 1244:. A function 1243: 1227: 1224: 1221: 1214:the function 1201: 1193: 1189: 1187: 1182: 1180: 1176: 1160: 1152: 1136: 1128: 1124: 1120: 1119: 1114: 1112: 1108: 1104: 1102: 1101: 1100:Conformal map 1096: 1095: 1094: 1089: 1088: 1087: 1082: 1081: 1080: 1075: 1074: 1073: 1068: 1067: 1066: 1061: 1059: 1036: 1032: 1026: 1022: 991: 981: 976: 972: 961: 957: 953: 947: 941: 934: 933: 932: 916: 912: 908: 905: 902: 897: 893: 889: 884: 880: 871: 868: ∈  867: 863: 859: 857: 853: 849: 845: 841: 840: 835: 833: 829: 825: 824: 797: 794: 786: 783: 777: 771: 752: 744: 738: 730: 726: 718: 717: 716: 714: 710: 709: 704: 703: 682: 672: 669: 661: 658: 653: 640: 634: 628: 622: 614: 609: 599: 596: 588: 581: 580: 579: 578: 574: 570: 566: 562: 546: 540: 537: 534: 526: 522: 520: 516: 507: 506: 502: 498: 496: 495:path isometry 492: 488: 487: 486: 481: 479: 478: 468: 461: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 442: 439: 437: 434: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 397: 394: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 342: 339: 337: 334: 332: 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 318: 308: 306: 302: 298: 294: 292: 288: 284: 280: 262: 252: 249: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 209: 206: 204: 201: 199: 196: 195: 194: 189: 186: 184: 181: 179: 176: 174: 171: 170: 169: 166: 164: 160: 156: 145: 142: 134: 131:December 2009 123: 120: 116: 113: 109: 106: 102: 99: 95: 92: –  91: 87: 86:Find sources: 80: 76: 72: 66: 65: 61: 56:This article 54: 50: 45: 44: 39: 35: 27: 19: 3860:Applications 3788:Main results 3644: 3605:Cayley graph 3598: 3597: 3583: 3582: 3570: 3566: 3562: 3561: 3556: 3552: 3548: 3544: 3540: 3536: 3535: 3529: 3528: 3518: 3469: 3468:-systole of 3465: 3459: 3458: 3452: 3451: 3370:-ball, i.e. 3367: 3366:-ball is an 3363: 3359: 3355: 3351: 3347: 3346:a short map 3341: 3340: 3327:Sol manifold 3325: 3324: 3318: 3317: 3310: 3309: 3306: 3250: 3246: 3242: 3238: 3234: 3230: 3226: 3222: 3218: 3213: 3209: 3205: 3199: 3198: 3195: 3123: 3117: 3116: 3110: 3109: 3099: 3089: 3088: 3082: 3081: 3075: 3074: 3068: 3067: 3061: 3060: 3055: 3054: 3049: 3045: 3041: 3040: 3035: 3034: 3024: 3020: 3016: 3012: 3008: 3006: 2823: 2822:is called a 2784: 2783: 2780: 2566: 2502: 2501: 2490: 2489: 2472: 2471: 2466: 2465: 2458: 2457: 2442: 2441: 2435: 2434: 2428: 2427: 2418: 2414: 2413: 2347: 2312: 2306: 2305: 2260: 2259: 2227: 2223: 2199: 2195: 2191: 2190: 2185: 2184: 2172: 2171: 2165: 2164: 2160: 2159: 2153: 2152: 2142: 2141: 2135: 2134: 2129: 2125: 2122:bi-Lipschitz 2121: 2117: 2113: 2112: 2107: 2106: 2099: 2098: 2093: 2092:the same as 2089: 2088: 2077: 2076: 2070: 2069: 2063: 2062: 2053:Jordan curve 2051: 2050: 1888:vector field 1883:Jacobi field 1881: 1880: 1869: 1868: 1861: 1860: 1851: 1847: 1817: 1813: 1780: 1776: 1772: 1768: 1767: 1758: 1754: 1750: 1746: 1742: 1738: 1734: 1730: 1726: 1724: 1715: 1707: 1699: 1695: 1694: 1684: 1678: 1677: 1670: 1669: 1653: 1652: 1647: 1564:trajectories 1560:vector field 1555: 1551: 1538: 1537: 1522: 1521: 1510: 1509: 1490: 1489: 1483: 1482: 1465: 1464: 1450: 1446: 1442: 1441: 1430: 1429: 1424: 1423: 1412: 1411: 1405: 1404: 1398: 1397: 1392: 1388: 1384: 1380: 1376: 1372: 1366: 1365: 1245: 1191: 1184: 1183: 1178: 1174: 1150: 1126: 1122: 1116: 1115: 1110: 1106: 1105: 1098: 1097: 1091: 1090: 1084: 1083: 1077: 1076: 1070: 1069: 1063: 1062: 1057: 1008: 869: 865: 861: 860: 837: 836: 832:CAT(0) space 827: 821: 820: 712: 706: 700: 699: 576: 572: 568: 564: 560: 524: 523: 518: 514: 513: 504: 503:the same as 501:Autoparallel 500: 499: 494: 493:the same as 490: 489: 483: 482: 475: 474: 466: 460: 304: 300: 296: 295: 290: 286: 282: 278: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 212: 192: 183:Metric space 167: 152: 137: 128: 118: 111: 104: 97: 85: 69:Please help 57: 26: 3600:Word metric 3567:submanifold 3555:, see also 3358:and radius 3044:at a point 2878:such that 2477:closed ball 2262:Nilmanifold 2194:. A subset 2161:Metric ball 1856:nilmanifold 1391:, see also 1383:there is a 1190:A function 1149:are called 1121:two points 1109:a manifold 34:radius bone 3897:Categories 3820:Ricci flow 3769:Hyperbolic 3096:submersion 2202:is called 1680:Horosphere 1248:is called 1093:Completion 864:. A point 515:Barycenter 305:convex set 193:See also: 173:Connection 101:newspapers 3764:Hermitian 3717:Signature 3680:Sectional 3660:Curvature 3572:geodesics 3539:A subset 3312:Short map 3283:∇ 3279:± 3181:⟩ 3160:⟨ 2962:≤ 2923:≤ 2917:− 2863:≥ 2837:≥ 2807:→ 2736:≤ 2697:≤ 2691:− 2638:∈ 2606:≥ 2580:≥ 2548:⊆ 2522:→ 2419:short map 2297:Lie group 2294:nilpotent 2241:ϵ 2238:≤ 2210:ϵ 2025:τ 2014:τ 2011:∂ 1995:τ 1991:γ 1987:∂ 1942:γ 1930:γ 1907:τ 1903:γ 1831:⋊ 1797:⋊ 1720:cut locus 1629:γ 1593:γ 1577:γ 1455:Lipschitz 1437:isometric 1414:Cut locus 1371:A subset 1337:λ 1334:− 1322:γ 1319:∘ 1276:γ 1256:λ 1228:γ 1225:∘ 1202:γ 1161:γ 1151:conjugate 1137:γ 958:∑ 906:… 795:− 784:− 772:γ 759:∞ 756:→ 731:γ 659:≤ 615:≤ 544:→ 289:. Italic 178:Curvature 58:does not 3779:Kenmotsu 3692:Geodesic 3645:Glossary 3588:geodesic 3360:r < R 3352:R > 0 3343:Submetry 3100:submetry 3052:subset. 2485:complete 2417:same as 1892:geodesic 1863:Isometry 1761:. For a 1660:geodesic 1643:geodesic 1596:′ 1533:distance 1524:Geodesic 1501:pullback 1443:Dilation 1425:Diameter 705:given a 297:A caveat 3846:Hilbert 3841:Finsler 3464:. The 3461:Systole 3336:lattice 3217::  3070:Riemann 2537:(where 2481:compact 2301:lattice 2128:), exp( 1503:of the 1499:is the 1495:for an 115:scholar 79:removed 64:sources 3774:Kähler 3670:Scalar 3665:tensor 3557:convex 3050:convex 3036:Radius 2790:A map 1763:closed 1714:. The 1621:where 1562:whose 1368:Convex 1361:convex 1242:convex 839:Cartan 527:A map 517:, see 117:  110:  103:  96:  88:  36:, see 3675:Ricci 3334:by a 3241:. 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