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Ricci tensor for a 3-sphere without Math packets

Let's have the metric for a 3-sphere: $$ dl^{2} = R^{2}\left(d\psi ^{2} + sin^{2}(\psi )(d \theta ^{2} + sin^{2}(\theta ) d \varphi^{2})\right). $$ I tried to calculate Riemann or Ricci tensor's ...
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Relating volume elements and metrics. Does a volume element + uniform structure induce a metric?

AFAIK a metric uniquely determines the volume element up to to sign since the volume element since a metric will determine the length of supplied vectors and angle between them, but I do not see a way ...
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Isometry groups are topological groups (resp. lie groups). Is every topological (resp. Lie-) group an isometry group?

The isometry group of a metric space is a topological group (with the compact open topology). The isometry group of a Riemann Manifold is a Liegroup. (Thm. of Steenrod-Myers) So, is every topological ...
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$\operatorname{Isom}{(M)}$ has Lie-structure for M metrizable manifold

Suppose $M$ is a smooth and metrizable manifold. Then $\operatorname{Isom}{(M)}$ can be given the structure of a Lie group, so that the action of $\operatorname{Isom}{(M)}$ on $M$ is still smooth. I ...
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A new metric involving curves

Let $(X, d)$ be a metric space. The inner metric or length metric associated with $d$ is the function $d_i : X \times X \to [0,\infty]$ defined by $$d_i(x, y) := \inf L(\sigma)$$ where the infimum is ...
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What's the relationship between the riemannian metric and Jacobi field?

I encounter to the question in reading the following Excise: Let $(M,g)$ be a $m$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, and $(r,\theta^1,\theta^2,\ldots,\theta^{m-1})$ be the (geodesic) polar ...
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the hyperbolic plane is complete

I'd like to prove that the hyperbolic plane is complete in a short, nice way. Here's my proof, but I'm not convinced of its correctness yet. Let $\mathbb{H}=\left\{(x,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2\big\vert ...
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Existence of a Riemannian metric inducing a given distance.

Let $M$ be a smooth, finite-dimensional manifold. Suppose $M$ is also a metric space, with a given distance function $d: M \times M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}_{+}$, which is compatible with the original ...
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metric on the universal covering of a geometric manifold

We know that the universal covering of a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold can be identified with the hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^3$. Now, what is not very clear to me is how this identification has to be ...