English Explanatory Dictionary

Riemannian geometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of differential geometry that concerns Riemannian manifolds; an example of a geometry that involves Riemannian manifolds.
  2. Elliptical or spherical geometry.

Word forms

Riemannian geometry Riemannian geometries

Etymology

From Riemannian + geometry, after German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.

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