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What kind of curvature?

Mathematics Asked by Jongar Jongar on January 20, 2021

In many papers of semi-Riemannian geometry, when they talk about curvature (constant or bounded) they don’t precice which kind of curvature they talk about. I know the definition of:

-Sectional curvature

-Gaussian curvature

-Mean curvature

-Principal curvature

-Ricci curvature

(and there is a genetral one, called the curvature in the sense of A.D. Alexandrov using comparison triangles).

But, how to know from the context, which curvature the author talk about? (i think may be with smooth metrics, it’s always sectional curvature? ).

When these curvatures coincid (are equal) ?

when we say for example "a manifold with constant curvature" is this always "sectional curvature ? thanks for discussing.

One Answer

As the name suggests, they would be talking about the Riemannian curvature (cf. Riemann tensor).

Answered by Nikodem on January 20, 2021

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