Sign and geometric meaning of curvature

DOI10.1007/BF02925201zbMath0820.53035OpenAlexW2088940417MaRDI QIDQ4318891

Publication date: 5 September 1995

Published in: Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02925201

zbMATH Keywords

second fundamental form convexity scalar curvature Ricci curvature sectional curvature Riemann curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry (53C99) Local differential geometry (53B99)

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