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Distance geometry in Riemannian manifolds-with-boundary

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  • Riemannian Manifold
  • Convex Body
  • Sectional Curvature
  • Fundamental Form
  • Index Theorem

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Alexander, S. (1981). Distance geometry in Riemannian manifolds-with-boundary. In: Ferus, D., Kühnel, W., Simon, U., Wegner, B. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 838. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088837

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