Conformally-flat metrics and pseudo-Euclidean geometry (Q1920781)
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Conformally-flat metrics and pseudo-Euclidean geometry (English)
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9 January 1997
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The author introduces the notion of a polar conformally flat metric and considers its different applications. In particular, he finds the estimates of deviation of a conformally flat metric from the metric of constant curvature.
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principal curvature
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hypersurface
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Lobachevskij space
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sectional curvature
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sphere
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polar conformally flat metric
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metric of constant curvature
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