Glossary of Riemannian and metric geometry information
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This is a glossary of some terms used in Riemannian geometry and metric geometry — it doesn't cover the terminology of differential topology.
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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Curvature
Metric space
Riemannian manifold
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Glossary of general topology
Glossary of differential geometry and topology
List of differential geometry topics
Unless stated otherwise, letters X, Y, Z below denote metric spaces, M, N denote Riemannian manifolds, |xy| or denotes the distance between points x and y in X. Italic word denotes a self-reference to this glossary.
A caveat: many terms in Riemannian and metric geometry, such as convex function, convex set and others, do not have exactly the same meaning as in general mathematical usage.
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