The Geometry of Total Curvature on Complete Open Surfaces

by Katsuhiro Shiohama, Takashi Shioya, Minoru Tanaka

Overview

This independent account of modern ideas in differential geometry shows how they can be used to understand and extend classical results in integral geometry. The authors explore the influence of total curvature on the metric structure of complete, non-compact Riemannian 2-manifolds, although their work can be extended to more general spaces. Each chapter features open problems, making the volume a suitable learning aid for graduate students and non-specialists who seek an introduction to this modern area of differential geometry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521450546
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/13/2003
Series:	Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics , #159
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

1. Riemannian geometry; 2. Classical results by Cohn-Vossen and Huber; 3. The ideal boundary; 4. The cut loci of complete open surfaces; 5. Isoperimetric inequalities; 6. Mass of rays; 7. Poles and cut loci of a surface of revolution; 8. Behaviour of geodesics.

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'...carefully written ... a very valuable addition to libraries.' Zentralblatt MATH

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