Preamble |
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1 Looking Backward: From Euler to Riemann |
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1 | (96) |
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2 | (8) |
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10 | (10) |
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20 | (10) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (7) |
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40 | (6) |
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46 | (14) |
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60 | (6) |
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66 | (10) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (19) |
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81 | (16) |
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Part I Mathematics and Physics |
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2 Riemann on Geometry, Physics, and Philosophy---Some Remarks |
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97 | (14) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (3) |
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101 | (5) |
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4 Heat Diffusion and the Commentatio |
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106 | (5) |
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108 | (3) |
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3 Some Remarks on "A Contribution to Electrodynamics" by Bernhard Riemann |
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111 | (14) |
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2 Riemann's New Result of 1858: The Retarded Potential |
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112 | (2) |
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3 Gauss, Weber, and Riemann on Electrodynamic Interaction |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (6) |
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122 | (3) |
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4 Riemann's Memoir Uber das Verschwinden der υ-Functionen |
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125 | (10) |
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1 Jacobi's Inversion Problem |
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125 | (3) |
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2 A Crucial Observation on Theta Functions |
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128 | (1) |
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3 The First Step of Riemann's Proof |
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129 | (1) |
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4 The Second Step of Riemann's Proof |
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130 | (1) |
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5 The Conclusion of the Proof |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (2) |
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133 | (2) |
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5 Riemann's Work on Minimal Surfaces |
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135 | (16) |
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135 | (1) |
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2 On the Surface of Least Area with a Given Boundary |
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136 | (11) |
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3 Representation Formulas by Riemann and Weierstrass-Enneper |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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6 Physics in Riemann's Mathematical Papers |
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151 | (58) |
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151 | (11) |
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2 Function Theory and Riemann Surfaces |
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162 | (11) |
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3 Riemann's Memoir on Trigonometric Series |
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173 | (8) |
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4 Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag 1854---Space and Matter |
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181 | (12) |
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5 The Commentatio and the Gleichgewicht der Electricitat |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (4) |
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199 | (10) |
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199 | (10) |
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7 Cauchy and Puiseux: Two Precursors of Riemann |
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209 | (28) |
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209 | (1) |
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2 Algebraic Functions and Uniformization |
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210 | (2) |
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3 Puiseux and Uniformization |
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212 | (8) |
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4 Cauchy and His Work on Functions of a Complex Variable |
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220 | (10) |
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230 | (7) |
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232 | (5) |
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8 Riemann Surfaces: Reception by the French School |
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237 | (58) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (4) |
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3 The Nineteenth-Century French Treatises on Analysis |
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244 | (27) |
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271 | (4) |
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5 Other French Dissertations and Other Works of Riemann |
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275 | (6) |
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6 On the Relations Between the French and German Mathematicians |
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281 | (3) |
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284 | (11) |
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286 | (9) |
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9 The Origin of the Notion of Manifold: From Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag Onward |
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295 | (16) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (2) |
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3 Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag |
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298 | (3) |
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4 Poincare's Analysis Situs |
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301 | (4) |
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5 Definitions Using Local Charts According to Hilbert, Weyl, Kneser and Veblen-Whitehead |
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305 | (3) |
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6 Conclusion: Philosophical Significance |
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308 | (3) |
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308 | (3) |
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10 Deleuze et la Geometrie Riemannienne: Une Topologie des Multiplicites |
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311 | (18) |
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311 | (1) |
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2 Variete et multiplicite |
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312 | (4) |
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3 Espaces, mesures et multiplicites |
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316 | (3) |
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4 Typologies des multiplicites |
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319 | (5) |
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324 | (1) |
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6 Extended English Abstract |
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325 | (4) |
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327 | (2) |
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11 Comprehending the Connection of Things: Bernhard Riemann and the Architecture of Mathematical Concepts |
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329 | (38) |
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329 | (7) |
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2 Philosophy: Planes of Thought and the Architecture of Concepts |
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336 | (7) |
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3 Mathematics: Space, Geometry, and the Concept of Manifold |
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343 | (10) |
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4 Physics: "The Reality Underlying Space" |
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353 | (8) |
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361 | (6) |
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362 | (5) |
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Part III Some Recent Developments |
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12 The Riemann Mapping Theorem and Its Discrete Counterparts |
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367 | (22) |
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367 | (1) |
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2 Koebe-Andreev-Thurston's Circle Packing Theorem |
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368 | (7) |
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3 A Discrete Uniformization Theorem |
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375 | (14) |
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387 | (2) |
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13 The Riemann-Roch Theorem |
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389 | (24) |
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389 | (2) |
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391 | (5) |
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396 | (4) |
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400 | (5) |
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5 The Riemann-Roch Theorem |
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405 | (2) |
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6 Divisors and the Riemann-Roch Theorem |
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407 | (2) |
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7 The Use of the Riemann-Roch Theorem in Teichmuller's Work |
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409 | (4) |
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410 | (3) |
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14 Metric Geometries in an Axiomatic Perspective |
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413 | (44) |
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414 | (8) |
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422 | (11) |
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3 Higher-Dimensional Metric Spaces |
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433 | (3) |
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4 The Dimension-Free Case |
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436 | (1) |
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5 Projective-Metric Geometry |
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437 | (5) |
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6 Cayley-Klein Geometries |
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442 | (15) |
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451 | (6) |
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15 Generalized Riemann Sums |
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457 | (24) |
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457 | (3) |
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2 Generalized Riemann Sums |
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460 | (2) |
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462 | (2) |
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464 | (4) |
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5 The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle |
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468 | (4) |
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6 Generalized Poisson Summation Formulas |
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472 | (3) |
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7 Is Zdprim a Quasicrystal? |
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475 | (6) |
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478 | (3) |
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16 From Riemannian to Relativistic Diffusions |
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481 | (34) |
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481 | (3) |
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2 Euclidean Brownian Motion |
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484 | (2) |
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3 Riemannian Brownian Motion |
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486 | (1) |
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4 The Relativistic Dudley Diffusion in Minkowski Space |
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487 | (3) |
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5 The Lorentzian Frame Bundle G(M) over (M, g) |
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490 | (3) |
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6 The Basic Relativistic Diffusion |
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493 | (7) |
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7 Covariant Ξ-relativistic Diffusions |
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500 | (3) |
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8 Example of Robertson-Walker (R-W) Manifolds |
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503 | (6) |
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9 Sectional Relativistic Diffusion |
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509 | (6) |
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510 | (5) |
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17 On the Positive Mass Theorem for Closed Riemannian Manifolds |
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515 | (26) |
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515 | (2) |
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2 ADM Mass in General Relativity |
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517 | (10) |
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3 The Mass of a Closed Manifold |
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527 | (5) |
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4 Equivalence of the Two Positive Mass Conjectures |
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532 | (1) |
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5 Some Recent Results on the Positive Mass Conjecture |
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533 | (2) |
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6 An Idea of the Proof of Theorem 5.2 |
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535 | (3) |
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7 Preservation of Mass by Surgery |
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538 | (3) |
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539 | (2) |
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18 On Local Characterization Results in Geometry and Gravitation |
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541 | (30) |
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541 | (1) |
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2 Classical Characterizations |
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542 | (4) |
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3 Local Characterizations of the Schwarzschild and Kruskal Spacetimes |
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546 | (9) |
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4 Local Characterization of pp-Waves and Related Spacetimes |
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555 | (4) |
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5 Local Characterizations of the Kerr, Kerr-Newman and Kerr-De Sitter Metrics |
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559 | (12) |
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567 | (4) |
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19 The Conformal Approach to Asymptotic Analysis |
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571 | (42) |
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571 | (3) |
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2 Conformal Compactification |
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574 | (7) |
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581 | (12) |
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593 | (14) |
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607 | (6) |
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607 | (6) |
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20 Bernhard Riemann and His Work |
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613 | (24) |
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613 | (2) |
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2 Riemann's Work I: His Best Known Works |
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615 | (4) |
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3 Riemann's Work II: Some Little Known or Even Unknown Works |
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619 | (2) |
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4 Riemann's Publications and his Impact |
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621 | (8) |
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629 | (3) |
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6 People Who Influenced Riemann |
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632 | (5) |
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634 | (3) |
Index |
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