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After Riemannian manifolds, Lorentzian manifolds form the most important subclass of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. They are important in applications of
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provides an example of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold that is compact but not complete, a combination of properties that the
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does not always inherit the structure of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold; for example, the metric tensor becomes zero on any
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is the local model of a Lorentzian manifold. Likewise, the model space for a pseudo-Riemannian manifold of signature (
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true that every smooth manifold admits a pseudo-Riemannian metric of a given signature; there are certain
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Some theorems of Riemannian geometry can be generalized to the pseudo-Riemannian case. In particular, the
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of the metric tensor gives these numbers, shown in the same order. A non-degenerate metric tensor has
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to pairs of tangent vectors at each tangent space of the manifold. Denoting the metric tensor by
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are non-negative. The non-degeneracy condition together with continuity implies that
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is true of all pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. This allows one to speak of the
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is an important special case of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold in which the
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that is equipped with an everywhere non-degenerate, smooth, symmetric
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remain unchanged throughout the manifold (assuming it is connected).
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An introduction to Spinors and Geometry with Applications in Physics
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can be modeled as a 4-dimensional Lorentzian manifold of signature
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associated with the metric tensor applied to each vector of any
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on a pseudo-Riemannian manifold along with the associated
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Introduction to Relativity and Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry
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Semi-Riemannian Geometry With Applications to Relativity
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Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry, -invariants and Applications
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Differentiable manifold with nondegenerate metric tensor
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They are named after the Dutch physicist 3478:Fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry 3315: 3301: 2438: 2424: 2306: 2266: 2181:fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry 1938:can be thought of as the local model of a 1840: 1424:{\displaystyle \,g(aX+Y,Z)=ag(X,Z)+g(Y,Z)} 759: 745: 2010: 1954: 1918: 1902:Properties of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds 1448: 1348: 1290: 1172: 2445: 2238:Hyperbolic partial differential equation 1192:The map is symmetric and bilinear so if 864:is a space that is locally similar to a 14: 3578: 1794: 3296: 2419: 982:-dimensional differentiable manifold 810:of a pseudo-Riemannian manifold is a 2349: 2218:disallows for Riemannian manifolds. 2036:, for which there exist coordinates 1979:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n-1,1}} 1605: 1064:of curves passing through the point 1060:whose elements can be thought of as 876:real numbers. These are called the 24: 2029:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{p,q}} 70: 25: 3622: 2397: 2388:Vrănceanu, G.; RoƟca, R. (1976), 2307:Benn, I.M.; Tucker, R.W. (1987), 1690:and the signature may be denoted 1455:{\displaystyle a\in \mathbb {R} } 928:Tangent spaces and metric tensors 795:. This is a generalization of a 2403: 1931:{\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}} 1624:-dimensional real manifold, the 726: 725: 712: 42: 1333:{\displaystyle \,g(X,Y)=g(Y,X)} 1240:are tangent vectors at a point 1233:{\displaystyle X,Y,Z\in T_{p}M} 895:. This is achieved by defining 836: 2478:Differentiable/Smooth manifold 2354:, World Scientific Publisher, 2328:; Goldberg, Samuel I. (1968), 1547: 1535: 1418: 1406: 1397: 1385: 1373: 1352: 1327: 1315: 1306: 1294: 1168: 903:-dimensional Euclidean space. 13: 1: 2300: 2199:obstructions. Furthermore, a 1719: 831:timelike, null, and spacelike 812:pseudo-Euclidean vector space 3405:Raising and lowering indices 2332:Tensor Analysis on Manifolds 2233:Globally hyperbolic manifold 841: 799:in which the requirement of 7: 3184:Classification of manifolds 2221: 1829:). Such metrics are called 1595:{\displaystyle Y\in T_{p}M} 1518:{\displaystyle X\in T_{p}M} 1489:means there is no non-zero 942:Associated with each point 223:Gravitational time dilation 10: 3627: 3426:Pseudo-Riemannian manifold 2279:Bishop & Goldberg 1968 1756:Such a metric is called a 1726:pseudo-Riemannian manifold 1660:Sylvester's law of inertia 1609: 931: 845: 777:pseudo-Riemannian manifold 343:Mathisson–Papapetrou–Dixon 184:Pseudo-Riemannian manifold 3555:Geometrization conjecture 3542: 3516: 3470: 3439: 3335: 3260:over commutative algebras 3217: 3176: 3109: 3006: 2902: 2849: 2840: 2676: 2599: 2538: 2458: 2368:O'Neill, Barrett (1983), 2976:Riemann curvature tensor 2253: 1758:pseudo-Riemannian metric 1559:{\displaystyle g(X,Y)=0} 1123:we can express this as 781:semi-Riemannian manifold 348:Hamilton–Jacobi–Einstein 328:Einstein field equations 151:Mathematical formulation 2350:Chen, Bang-Yen (2011), 1876:. 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3210: 3207: 3205: 3202: 3200: 3197: 3195: 3192: 3190: 3187: 3185: 3182: 3181: 3179: 3175: 3165: 3162: 3160: 3157: 3155: 3152: 3150: 3147: 3145: 3142: 3140: 3137: 3135: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3125: 3122: 3120: 3117: 3116: 3114: 3112: 3108: 3102: 3099: 3097: 3094: 3092: 3089: 3087: 3084: 3082: 3079: 3077: 3074: 3072: 3068: 3064: 3062: 3059: 3057: 3054: 3052: 3048: 3044: 3042: 3039: 3037: 3034: 3032: 3029: 3027: 3024: 3022: 3019: 3017: 3014: 3013: 3011: 3009: 3005: 2999: 2998:Wedge product 2996: 2994: 2991: 2987: 2984: 2983: 2982: 2979: 2977: 2974: 2970: 2967: 2966: 2965: 2962: 2960: 2957: 2955: 2952: 2950: 2947: 2943: 2942:Vector-valued 2940: 2939: 2938: 2935: 2933: 2930: 2926: 2923: 2922: 2921: 2918: 2916: 2913: 2911: 2908: 2907: 2905: 2901: 2895: 2892: 2890: 2887: 2885: 2882: 2878: 2875: 2874: 2873: 2872:Tangent space 2870: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2858: 2855: 2854: 2852: 2848: 2845: 2843: 2839: 2833: 2830: 2828: 2824: 2820: 2818: 2815: 2813: 2809: 2805: 2801: 2799: 2796: 2794: 2791: 2789: 2786: 2784: 2781: 2779: 2776: 2774: 2771: 2769: 2766: 2762: 2759: 2758: 2757: 2754: 2752: 2749: 2747: 2744: 2742: 2739: 2737: 2734: 2732: 2729: 2727: 2724: 2722: 2719: 2717: 2714: 2712: 2709: 2707: 2703: 2699: 2697: 2693: 2689: 2687: 2684: 2683: 2681: 2675: 2669: 2666: 2664: 2661: 2659: 2656: 2654: 2651: 2649: 2646: 2644: 2641: 2637: 2636:in Lie theory 2634: 2633: 2632: 2629: 2627: 2624: 2620: 2617: 2616: 2615: 2612: 2610: 2607: 2606: 2604: 2602: 2598: 2592: 2589: 2587: 2584: 2582: 2579: 2577: 2574: 2572: 2569: 2567: 2564: 2562: 2559: 2557: 2554: 2552: 2549: 2548: 2546: 2543: 2539:Main results 2537: 2531: 2528: 2526: 2523: 2521: 2520:Tangent space 2518: 2516: 2513: 2511: 2508: 2506: 2503: 2501: 2498: 2496: 2493: 2489: 2486: 2484: 2481: 2480: 2479: 2476: 2472: 2469: 2468: 2467: 2464: 2463: 2461: 2457: 2452: 2448: 2441: 2436: 2434: 2429: 2427: 2422: 2421: 2418: 2411: 2406: 2402: 2401: 2391: 2386: 2383: 2381:9780080570570 2377: 2373: 2372: 2366: 2363: 2357: 2353: 2348: 2345: 2343:0-486-64039-6 2339: 2334: 2333: 2327: 2323: 2320: 2318:0-85274-169-3 2314: 2310: 2305: 2304: 2293:, p. 193 2292: 2287: 2281:, p. 208 2280: 2275: 2269:, p. 172 2268: 2263: 2259: 2249: 2246: 2244: 2241: 2239: 2236: 2234: 2231: 2229: 2226: 2225: 2219: 2217: 2213: 2209: 2206: 2202: 2198: 2194: 2190: 2186: 2182: 2161: 2156: 2153: 2150: 2146: 2142: 2139: 2136: 2133: 2128: 2123: 2120: 2117: 2113: 2109: 2106: 2101: 2096: 2092: 2088: 2085: 2082: 2079: 2074: 2069: 2065: 2061: 2058: 2055: 2048: 2047: 2046: 2043: 2039: 2021: 2018: 2015: 2001: 1997: 1993: 1989: 1971: 1968: 1965: 1962: 1959: 1945: 1941: 1923: 1909: 1899: 1897: 1896: 1889: 1881: 1875: 1871: 1867: 1855: 1850: 1848: 1838: 1836: 1832: 1828: 1827: 1820: 1812: 1806: 1802: 1792: 1790: 1786: 1782: 1778: 1775:, where both 1772: 1768: 1761: 1759: 1754: 1752: 1749: 1748:metric tensor 1745: 1742: 1736: 1732: 1727: 1717: 1714: 1710: 1706: 1699: 1695: 1687: 1680: 1676: 1672: 1667: 1666: 1661: 1657: 1653: 1647: 1643: 1639: 1635: 1631: 1627: 1623: 1619: 1613: 1603: 1589: 1584: 1580: 1576: 1573: 1553: 1550: 1544: 1541: 1538: 1532: 1512: 1507: 1503: 1499: 1496: 1488: 1472: 1463: 1444: 1441: 1415: 1412: 1409: 1403: 1400: 1394: 1391: 1388: 1382: 1379: 1376: 1370: 1367: 1364: 1361: 1358: 1355: 1349: 1341: 1324: 1321: 1318: 1312: 1309: 1303: 1300: 1297: 1291: 1283: 1282: 1281: 1280:then we have 1267: 1247: 1227: 1222: 1218: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1205: 1202: 1199: 1176: 1165: 1160: 1156: 1152: 1149: 1144: 1140: 1136: 1133: 1126: 1125: 1124: 1110: 1102: 1098: 1094: 1090: 1089:metric tensor 1085: 1071: 1063: 1059: 1056:-dimensional 1043: 1023: 1018: 1014: 1005: 1004:tangent space 989: 969: 949: 939: 938:Metric tensor 935: 934:Tangent space 925: 923: 922: 917: 916: 911: 910: 904: 902: 898: 894: 890: 886: 881: 879: 875: 871: 867: 863: 859: 853: 849: 834: 832: 828: 825:for modeling 824: 820: 815: 813: 809: 808:tangent space 804: 803:is relaxed. 802: 798: 794: 793:nondegenerate 790: 789:metric tensor 786: 782: 778: 774: 762: 757: 755: 750: 748: 743: 742: 740: 739: 733: 723: 720: 715: 709: 708: 707: 706: 699: 698: 694: 692: 689: 687: 684: 682: 679: 677: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 662: 659: 657: 654: 652: 649: 647: 644: 642: 639: 637: 636:Chandrasekhar 634: 632: 629: 627: 624: 622: 619: 617: 614: 612: 609: 607: 604: 602: 599: 597: 594: 592: 589: 587: 584: 582: 579: 577: 574: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 551:Schwarzschild 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 528: 520: 519: 512: 511:Hartle–Thorne 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 467: 464: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 442: 439: 437: 434: 432: 429: 426: 422: 421:Schwarzschild 419: 418: 414: 408: 407: 396: 393: 391: 388: 387: 386: 385: 381: 380: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 361: 360: 359: 355: 354: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 320: 319: 318: 314: 313: 303: 300: 299: 294: 293: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 268: 267: 266: 263: 260: 259: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 243:Event horizon 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 224: 221: 219: 216: 214: 211: 209: 206: 205: 204: 203: 193: 192: 185: 182: 180: 177: 175: 172: 170: 167: 166: 158: 157: 152: 149: 144: 141: 139: 136: 134: 131: 130: 128: 126: 123: 122: 121: 120: 102: 99: 95: 90: 86: 81: 78: 74: 67: 62: 59: 55: 45: 41: 40: 37: 34: 33: 27: 19: 3543:Applications 3471:Main results 3425: 3204:Moving frame 3199:Morse theory 3189:Gauge theory 2981:Tensor field 2910:Closed/Exact 2889:Vector field 2857:Distribution 2803: 2798:Hypercomplex 2793:Quaternionic 2530:Vector field 2488:Smooth atlas 2389: 2370: 2351: 2331: 2308: 2291:O'Neill 1983 2286: 2274: 2262: 2192: 2178: 2041: 2037: 1995: 1991: 1905: 1893: 1887: 1879: 1873: 1869: 1865: 1851: 1844: 1830: 1824: 1818: 1810: 1800: 1798: 1788: 1784: 1780: 1776: 1770: 1766: 1762: 1757: 1755: 1750: 1743: 1734: 1730: 1725: 1723: 1712: 1708: 1704: 1697: 1693: 1685: 1678: 1674: 1670: 1663: 1655: 1645: 1641: 1637: 1633: 1629: 1621: 1617: 1615: 1464: 1433: 1191: 1097:bilinear map 1086: 1058:vector space 941: 919: 913: 907: 905: 900: 892: 888: 884: 882: 873: 869: 855: 837:Introduction 822: 816: 805: 780: 776: 770: 696: 656:Raychaudhuri 183: 125:Introduction 26: 3149:Levi-Civita 3139:Generalized 3111:Connections 3061:Lie algebra 2993:Volume form 2894:Vector flow 2867:Pushforward 2862:Lie bracket 2761:Lie algebra 2726:G-structure 2515:Pushforward 2495:Submanifold 2201:submanifold 2197:topological 1101:real number 878:coordinates 671:van Stockum 601:Oppenheimer 456:Kerr–Newman 248:Singularity 3580:Categories 3503:Ricci flow 3452:Hyperbolic 3272:Stratifold 3230:Diffeology 3026:Associated 2827:Symplectic 2812:Riemannian 2741:Hyperbolic 2668:Submersion 2576:Hopf–Rinow 2510:Submersion 2505:Smooth map 2301:references 2205:light-like 2045:such that 1720:Definition 1525:such that 524:Scientists 356:Formalisms 304:Formalisms 253:Black hole 179:World line 3447:Hermitian 3400:Signature 3363:Sectional 3343:Curvature 3154:Principal 3129:Ehresmann 3086:Subbundle 3076:Principal 3051:Fibration 3031:Cotangent 2903:Covectors 2756:Lie group 2736:Hermitian 2679:manifolds 2648:Immersion 2643:Foliation 2581:Noether's 2566:Frobenius 2561:De Rham's 2556:Darboux's 2447:Manifolds 2248:Spacetime 2140:− 2137:⋯ 2134:− 2107:− 2083:⋯ 1963:− 1874:spacelike 1854:spacetime 1665:signature 1654:produces 1577:∈ 1500:∈ 1445:∈ 1215:∈ 1169:→ 1153:× 1006:(denoted 842:Manifolds 827:spacetime 616:Robertson 581:Friedmann 576:Eddington 566:Nordström 556:de Sitter 413:Solutions 338:Geodesics 333:Friedmann 315:Equations 301:Equations 262:Spacetime 197:Phenomena 103:ν 100:μ 91:κ 82:ν 79:μ 71:Λ 63:ν 60:μ 3462:Kenmotsu 3375:Geodesic 3328:Glossary 3250:Orbifold 3245:K-theory 3235:Diffiety 2959:Pullback 2773:Oriented 2751:Kenmotsu 2731:Hadamard 2677:Types of 2626:Geodesic 2451:Glossary 2222:See also 1906:Just as 1866:timelike 1702:, where 1566:for all 909:Manifold 868:. In an 848:Manifold 732:Category 596:LemaĂźtre 561:Reissner 546:PoincarĂ© 531:Einstein 476:Taub–NUT 441:Wormhole 425:interior 138:Timeline 3529:Hilbert 3524:Finsler 3194:History 3177:Related 3091:Tangent 3069:)  3049:)  3016:Adjoint 3008:Bundles 2986:density 2884:Torsion 2850:Vectors 2842:Tensors 2825:)  2810:)  2806:,  2804:Pseudo− 2783:Poisson 2716:Finsler 2711:Fibered 2706:Contact 2704:)  2696:Complex 2694:)  2663:Section 893:locally 787:with a 783:, is a 651:Hawking 646:Penrose 621:Bardeen 611:Wheeler 541:Hilbert 536:Lorentz 496:pp-wave 133:History 3457:KĂ€hler 3353:Scalar 3348:tensor 3159:Vector 3144:Koszul 3124:Cartan 3119:Affine 3101:Vector 3096:Tensor 3081:Spinor 3071:Normal 3067:Stable 3021:Affine 2925:bundle 2877:bundle 2823:Almost 2746:KĂ€hler 2702:Almost 2692:Almost 2686:Closed 2586:Sard's 2542:(list) 2378:  2358:  2340:  2315:  2210:. 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Index

Lorentzian manifolds
General relativity
Spacetime curvature schematic
Introduction
History
Timeline
Tests
Mathematical formulation
Equivalence principle
Special relativity
World line
Pseudo-Riemannian manifold
Kepler problem
Gravitational lensing
Gravitational redshift
Gravitational time dilation
Gravitational waves
Frame-dragging
Geodetic effect
Event horizon
Singularity
Black hole
Spacetime
Spacetime diagrams
Minkowski spacetime
Einstein–Rosen bridge
Linearized gravity
Einstein field equations
Friedmann
Geodesics

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