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16 - Riemannian Curvature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2019

Andrei Agrachev
Affiliation:
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste
Davide Barilari
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot)
Ugo Boscain
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
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In this chapter we introduce "Ehresmann connections,"with their associated notions of parallel transportand curvature. We then specify these notions in thecase of a Riemannian manifold, where one can find acanonical connection associated with the metricstructure, called Levi–Civita connection. We thenexplain how this connection is related to the theoryof Jacobi curves developed in the previouschapter.

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Print publication year: 2019

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  • Riemannian Curvature
  • Andrei Agrachev, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Davide Barilari, Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot), Ugo Boscain, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
  • Book: A Comprehensive Introduction to Sub-Riemannian Geometry
  • Online publication: 28 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677325.018
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  • Riemannian Curvature
  • Andrei Agrachev, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Davide Barilari, Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot), Ugo Boscain, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
  • Book: A Comprehensive Introduction to Sub-Riemannian Geometry
  • Online publication: 28 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677325.018
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  • Riemannian Curvature
  • Andrei Agrachev, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Davide Barilari, Université de Paris VII (Denis Diderot), Ugo Boscain, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
  • Book: A Comprehensive Introduction to Sub-Riemannian Geometry
  • Online publication: 28 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108677325.018
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