Index


  • Acceleration of curve, 205, 283, 497
  • Adjoint of linear map, 65
  • Alternating map, 136
  • Annihilator of linear map, 20
  • Area of regular surface in images , 551
  • Atlas, 230, 338, 450
  • consistent, 288
  • Ball, 193
  • Basis for topological space, 185
  • Basis for vector space, 7
  • consistent, 158
  • dual, 18
  • extended, 9
  • ordered, 9
  • orthogonal, 62
  • orthonormal, 62
  • Bijective map, 613
  • Bilinear function, 45
  • alternating, 46
  • matrix of, 47
  • negative definite, 46
  • nondegenerate, 46
  • positive definite, 46
  • symmetric, 46
  • Boost, 591
  • Boundary chart, 450
  • Boundary of set in topological space, 184
  • Boundary of smooth manifold with boundary, 451
  • Boundary point, 450
  • Bounded function, 192
  • Bounded set in Euclidean space, 197
  • Bump function, 342
  • Cardinality of set, 614
  • Cartan's identity, 424
  • Cauchy–Binet identity, 41
  • classical, 42
  • Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, 51, 77
  • reversed, 91
  • of basis, 31, 48, 100, 148
  • of coordinate basis, 239, 349
  • of coordinate frame, 372, 384
  • of dual coordinate basis, 355
  • of dual coordinate frame, 378
  • Change of basis matrix, 31
  • Change of variables theorem, 220
  • Characteristic polynomial
  • of linear map, 82
  • of matrix, 81
  • boundary, 450
  • interior, 450
  • positively oriented, 426
  • Christoffel symbol, 269
  • Christoffel symbols, 467
  • not a tensor field, 472
  • Classical differential operators, 221
  • Classical divergence theorem, 586
  • Classical Green's theorem, 584
  • Classical line integral, 583
  • Classical Stokes's theorem, 585
  • Classical surface integral, 583
  • Closed cell, 218
  • Closed set in topological space, 183
  • Closed upper half‐space, 449
  • Closure of set in topological space, 184
  • Codifferential, 562
  • Codomain, 612
  • Cofactor of matrix, 38
  • Commutativity of
  • Lie derivative and exterior derivative, 420, 425
  • pullback and exterior derivative, 394, 408
  • Compact set in topological space, 191
  • Compact support
  • of differential form, 432
  • of function, 192
  • Compatible connection, 519
  • Component
  • Components
  • of covector field, 377
  • of differential form, 388
  • of Riemann curvature tensor, 539
  • of tensor field, 384
  • of vector, 27
  • of vector field, 209, 270, 284, 371
  • Cone‐shaped, 17
  • Connected component, 189
  • Connected set in topological space, 189
  • Connected topological space, 189
  • Connection, 463
  • compatible, 519
  • Levi‐Civita, 522
  • Consistent atlas, 288
  • Consistent bases, 158
  • Consistent charts, 426
  • Consistent coordinate bases, 426
  • Consistent coordinate frames, 288
  • Consistent multicovectors, 160
  • Consistent orientation forms, 428
  • Consistent smooth atlas, 426
  • Constant speed curve, 519
  • Content, 218, 220
  • Continuity equation, 598
  • Continuous map, 186, 189
  • Contraction of tensor, 106, 107
  • Contraction of tensor field, 405, 406
  • ordinary, 533
  • standard, 356
  • Coordinate covector field, 377
  • Coordinate domain, 230, 337
  • Coordinate frame, 238, 371
  • consistent, 288
  • Coordinate map, 230, 337
  • Coordinate unit normal vector field, 263
  • Coordinate vector field, 371
  • Countable set, 614
  • Covariant derivative, 275, 464
  • second order, 276
  • Covariant derivative on curve, 282, 473
  • Covector, 17
  • pullback of, 19
  • smooth extension of, 378
  • Covector field, 376
  • components of, 377
  • local coordinate expression of, 377
  • pullback of, 394
  • representation of, 380
  • Covector field characterization theorem, 381
  • Cross product, see vector product
  • Curl, 221, 572
  • Curvature tensor, 488
  • Curve, 205, 237, 358
  • acceleration of, 205, 283, 497
  • piecewise smooth, 435
  • d'Alembert operator, 576
  • Derivation, 373
  • Derivative, see covariant derivative, see covariant derivative on curve
  • induced Euclidean, 266
  • second order Euclidean, 213
  • Determinant
  • expansion of, 38
  • Jacobian, 204
  • of linear map, 43
  • Diffeomorphism invariance
  • of boundary, 452
  • of integral, 433
  • of length, 256, 519
  • of line integral, 436
  • Difference of sets, 611
  • Differentiable, 199
  • Differential, 351
  • Differential form, 387
  • local coordinate expression of, 388
  • path‐independent, 437
  • pullback of, 402
  • Differential operators
  • classical, 221
  • semi‐Riemannian manifolds, 561–578
  • Differentiating under integral sign, 220
  • Dimension
  • of topological manifold, 338
  • of vector space, 8
  • Direct sum, 15
  • Disconnected set in topological space, 189
  • Disconnected topological space, 189
  • Disjoint sets, 611
  • Disk, 197
  • Distance function, 193
  • Euclidean, 196
  • Divergence, 221, 568, 577
  • Divergence theorem
  • for semi‐Riemannian manifolds, 571
  • classical, 586
  • Domain, 612
  • Domain of integration, 219
  • Double dual, 17
  • Dual basis, 18
  • Dual coordinate basis, 354
  • standard, 356
  • Dual coordinate frame, 377
  • Dual frame, 377
  • Dual scalar product space, 72
  • Dual vector space, 17
  • Eigenvalue, 82
  • Eigenvector, 82
  • Einstein summation convention, 6
  • Einstein tensor, 603
  • Einstein field equations, 607
  • Electromagnetic field, 598
  • Empty set, 611
  • Equality of mixed partial derivatives, 202
  • Equivalence class, 614
  • Equivalence relation, 614
  • Euclidean derivative, 209
  • Euclidean inner product, 76
  • Euclidean norm, 76
  • Euclidean space, 76
  • Euler's rotation theorem, 83
  • Existence of
  • coordinate basis, 347, 354
  • covariant derivative on a curve, 472
  • determinant function, 36
  • Jacobi field, 509
  • maximal geodesic, 498
  • maximal integral curve, 443
  • normal neighborhood, 505
  • orthonormal frame, 525
  • outward‐pointing vector field, 456, 554
  • parallel frame on a curve, 484
  • parallel vector field on a curve, 479
  • tensor derivation, 415
  • volume form, 550
  • volume multicovector, 164
  • Exponential map, 503
  • Extended smooth, 207
  • Exterior derivative, 378, 407
  • Exterior of set in topological space, 184
  • Extreme value theorem, 192
  • Field, 623
  • Finite‐dimensional vector space, 8
  • First Bianchi identity, 308, 491, 540
  • First fundamental form, 257
  • Flat map, 51, 114, 526, 528
  • Form, see differential form
  • Form derivation, 417
  • Frame on curve, 370
  • Frame on open set, 368
  • orthonormal, 525
  • Function, 614
  • constant, 614
  • differentiable, 202
  • smooth, 202, 340
  • strictly decreasing, 614
  • strictly increasing, 614
  • strictly negative, 614
  • strictly positive, 614
  • Fundamental theorem of semi‐Riemannian manifolds, 522
  • Future‐directed curve, 519
  • Future‐directed vector, 93, 94
  • Gauge transformation, 599
  • Gauss curvature, 297
  • Gauss map, 289
  • Gauss's equation, 307
  • General linear group, 43
  • Geodesic, 497
  • length maximizing in images , 549
  • length minimizing in images , 547
  • length minimizing on Riemannian manifolds, 579
  • Geodesic equations, 498
  • Geodesic variation, 510
  • Gradient, 221, 244, 262, 566
  • Gram–Schmidt process, 79
  • Graph of function, 241
  • Great circle, 483
  • Group, 617
  • Group isomorphism, 618
  • Half‐space, see closed upper half‐space
  • Height function, 242
  • Hesse operator, 573
  • Hodge star, 178, 561
  • Homeomorphism, 189
  • Homeomorphism invariance of dimension, 197
  • Hyperbolic space, 264, 331
  • Hyperquadrics, 264
  • Hypersurface, 361
  • orientation of, 551–556
  • Riemannian, 518
  • Identification
  • of images with xy‐plane in images , 226, 321
  • of images with images , 386
  • of images with Der(M), 374
  • of images with images , images , 381
  • of images with images , 37
  • of images with images , 452
  • of images with images , 504
  • of images with images , 357
  • of images with images , 363
  • of images with V, 347, 352
  • of images with images , 354
  • of images with V, 19
  • of metric, 260, 515, 518
  • of regular surface in images , 260
  • of scalar product space, 63
  • of semi‐Riemannian manifold, 515
  • of semi‐Riemannian submanifold, 518
  • Induced connection, 559
  • Induced covariant derivative, 559
  • Induced Euclidean derivative, 266
  • Injective map, 613
  • Inner product, 75
  • Euclidean, 76
  • Inner product space, 75
  • Integrable function, 219
  • Integral
  • Integral curve, 443
  • Interior chart, 450
  • Interior multiplication, 148, 423
  • Interior of set in topological space, 184
  • Interior point, 450
  • Intermediate value theorem, 190
  • Intersection of sets, 611
  • Intrinsic, 270
  • Inverse map theorem, 208, 357
  • Inward‐pointing vector, 454
  • Inward‐pointing vector field, 455
  • Isometry, 535
  • Isomorphism, see group isomorphism, linear isomorphism, module isomorphism
  • Iterated integral, 220
  • Kernel, 11, 624
  • Koszul's formula, 523
  • Kronecker's delta, 614
  • Laplace operator, 221, 575
  • Laplace–de Rham operator, 576
  • Latitude curve, 243, 364
  • Length of curve, 256, 519
  • Level set of function, 244
  • Levi‐Civita connection, 522
  • Lie algebra, 626
  • Lie bracket, 213, 285, 375
  • Lie derivative, 419
  • Light cone, 85
  • future, 94
  • past, 94
  • Light set, 49
  • Lightlike curve, 256, 519
  • Lightlike subspace, 85
  • Lightlike vector, 47
  • Line integral, 435
  • classical, 583
  • Linear combination, 6
  • Linear isometry, 68
  • Linear isomorphism, 10, 626
  • Linear map, 10
  • adjoint of, 65
  • annihilator of, 20
  • determinant of, 43
  • image of, 11
  • kernel of, 11
  • nullity of, 11
  • pullback by, 19
  • rank of, 11
  • representation of, 28, 29
  • self‐adjoint, 66
  • trace of, 43
  • Linearly dependent, 7
  • Linearly independent, 6
  • Local coordinate expression
  • of covector field, 377
  • of differential form, 388
  • of tensor field, 384
  • of vector field, 271, 284, 371
  • Local coordinates, 337
  • Local isometry, 535
  • Longitude curve, 243, 364
  • Lorentz group, 587
  • Lorentz hypersurface, 518
  • Lorentz manifold, 516
  • Lorentz scalar product, 84
  • Lorentz submanifold, 518
  • Lorentz vector space, 84
  • summary of properties of, 90
  • Lorenz gauge, 599
  • Lowering an index, 53
  • Manifold version, 383
  • Map, 612
  • alternating, 34
  • bijective, 613
  • differentiable, 199
  • identity, 613
  • injective, 613
  • inverse of, 613
  • linear, 10
  • onto, 613
  • orientation‐preserving, 161, 432
  • orientation‐reversing, 161
  • restriction of, 613
  • Matrix
  • change of basis, 31
  • cofactor of, 38
  • column, 24
  • column rank of, 32
  • diagonal, 24
  • identity, 24
  • inverse of, 25
  • invertible, 25
  • Jacobian, 203
  • rank of, 33
  • row, 23
  • row rank of, 32
  • square, 23
  • submatrix of, 25
  • symmetric, 24
  • trace of, 27
  • transpose of, 23
  • Matrix group, 43
  • general linear group, 43
  • orthogonal group, 43
  • special orthogonal group, 43
  • Maximal flow, 444
  • Maximal geodesic, 498
  • Maxwell's equations, 598
  • Mean value theorem for integrals, 221
  • Metric, 258, 515
  • parallel, 519
  • Metric contraction, 127, 533
  • Metric space, 193
  • Minkowski scalar product, 85
  • Minkowski space, 85
  • Mobius band, 291
  • Module, 624
  • Module homomorphism, 624
  • kernel of, 624
  • Module isomorphism, 624
  • Multi‐index notation, 615
  • for matrices, 25
  • Multicovector, 134
  • consistent, 160
  • orientation, 159
  • pullback of, 145
  • Multicovector scalar product space, 153
  • Musical isomorphisms, 75
  • mv, see manifold version
  • Normal coordinates, 507
  • Normal neighborhood, 505
  • Normal vector, 258, 518
  • Normal vector field, 258, 518
  • Normed vector space, 195
  • Nowhere‐vanishing, 209, 252, 376, 614
  • Nullity, 11
  • Onto map, 613
  • Open cover, 191
  • subcover of, 191
  • Open set in topological space, 183
  • Open submanifold, 363
  • Ordinary contraction, 108, 128, 533
  • Orientability criterion
  • for hypersurfaces, 552
  • for smooth manifolds, 430
  • Orientable regular surface in images , 288
  • Orientable smooth manifold, 426
  • Orientation
  • Orientation form, 427
  • consistent, 428
  • Orientation multicovector, 159
  • Orientation of boundary
  • Orientation of Euclidean space, 155
  • clockwise, 155
  • counterclockwise, 155
  • left‐handed, 156
  • right‐handed, 156
  • standard, 158
  • Orientation of hypersurface, 551–556
  • induced by vector field, 431
  • Orientation of regular surface in images
  • induced by atlas, 289
  • opposite, 289
  • Orientation of smooth manifold, 426
  • induced by atlas, 426
  • induced by orientation form, 428
  • opposite, 427
  • pointwise, 426
  • Orientation of vector space, 158
  • induced by orientation multicovector, 160
  • induced by vector, 161
  • opposite, 158
  • positively oriented, 158
  • Orientation‐preserving map, 161, 432
  • Orientation‐reversing map, 161
  • Oriented regular surface in images , 288
  • Oriented smooth manifold, 426
  • Oriented vector space, 158
  • Orthochronous, 94
  • Orthogonal basis, 62
  • Orthogonal complement, 59
  • Orthogonal group, 43
  • Orthogonal projection, 60
  • Orthogonal transformation, see linear isometry
  • Orthogonal tuple, 62
  • Orthogonal vector fields, 517
  • Orthogonal vectors, 48
  • Orthonormal basis, 62
  • Orthonormal frame, 525
  • positively oriented, 525
  • Orthonormal tuple, 62
  • Outward‐pointing vector, 454
  • Outward‐pointing vector field, 455
  • Overlapping charts, 230, 337
  • Overlapping sets, 611
  • Parallel metric, 519
  • Parallel tensor field, 476
  • Parallel translation, 480
  • Parallel vector field, 479
  • Parametrized surface, 226, 364
  • partial covariant derivative on, 476
  • Partial covariant derivative, 476
  • Partial derivative, 200, 201, 345, 350
  • equality of mixed, 202
  • Partition of set, 614
  • Partition of unity, 344
  • Past‐directed curve, 519
  • Past‐directed vector, 93, 94
  • Permutation, 618
  • Perp of subspace, 49
  • Poincaré half‐plane, 516
  • Poincaré's lemma, 440
  • Pointwise orientation, 426
  • Polar coordinates, 239
  • Polarization identity, 49
  • Positively‐oriented chart, 426
  • Positively‐oriented frame, 525
  • Positively‐oriented vector space, 158
  • Product manifold, 340
  • Product of sets, 611
  • Product of vector subspaces, 17
  • Projection map, 187
  • Proper linear isometry, 589
  • Proper orthochronous Lorentz group, 590
  • Pseudosphere, 264, 330
  • Pullback
  • by linear map, 19
  • of covariant tensor, 103
  • of covariant tensor field, 399
  • of covector, 19
  • of covector field, 394
  • of differential form, 402
  • of function, 390
  • of multicovector, 145
  • of vector field, 391
  • Punctured plane, 397
  • Pushforward
  • of function, 389
  • of vector field, 391
  • Pythagora's theorem, 78
  • Quadratic form, 45
  • Quadratic function, 48
  • Radial geodesic, 503
  • Radius function, 242
  • Raising an index, 75
  • Rank
  • of contraction, 108
  • of linear map, 11
  • of matrix, 33
  • of matrix, column, 32
  • of matrix, row, 32
  • of tensor, 97
  • Rank–nullity theorem, 11
  • Regular surface, 230
  • Regular surface in images , 260
  • index of, 260
  • orientable, 288
  • oriented, 288
  • oriented by atlas, 289
  • Representation
  • of covariant tensor field, 531
  • of covector field, 380
  • of linear map, 28, 29
  • of Riemann curvature tensor, 532, 539
  • of tensor, 104, 124
  • of tensor field, 385
  • of torsion tensor, 532
  • of vector, 27, 28
  • of vector field, 373
  • Representation map, 104, 530
  • Reversed Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, 91
  • Reversed triangle inequality, 96
  • Ricci curvature tensor, 603
  • Riemann curvature tensor, 299, 305, 539
  • components of, 539
  • Riemann's theorem, 545
  • Riemannian hypersurface, 518
  • Riemannian manifold, 516
  • Riemannian submanifold, 518
  • Ring, 623
  • Rotation, 590
  • Scalar curvature, 603
  • Scalar product, 57
  • Scalar product map, 124, 529
  • Scalar product space, 57
  • index of, 63
  • multicovector, 153
  • signature of, 63
  • Second Bianchi identity, 492, 540
  • Second fundamental form, 294
  • Second order Euclidean derivative, 213
  • Self‐adjoint linear map, 66
  • Semi‐Euclidean space, 58
  • Semi‐Riemannian manifold, 515
  • index of, 515
  • signature of, 515
  • volume of, 551
  • with a connection, 516
  • Semi‐Riemannian submanifold, 518
  • index of, 518
  • of hypersurface, 519
  • of permutation, 620
  • of real number, 614
  • of regular surface in images , 263
  • Signature
  • of metric, 515, 518
  • of scalar product space, 63
  • of semi‐Riemannian manifold, 515
  • of semi‐Riemannian submanifold, 518
  • consistent, 426
  • Smooth covector field, 376
  • Smooth curve, 205, 358
  • Smooth extension
  • of covector, 378
  • of vector, 368
  • orientable, 426
  • orientation of, 426
  • oriented, 426
  • Smooth manifold with a connection, 463
  • Smooth manifold with boundary, 451
  • boundary of, 451
  • interior of, 451
  • Smooth map, 205, 341
  • Smooth reparametrization, 225, 519
  • Smooth structure, 339
  • standard, 340
  • Smoothly compatible, 339
  • Spacelike curve, 256, 519
  • Spacelike subspace, 85
  • Spacelike vector, 47
  • Span, 6
  • Special orthogonal group, 43
  • Speed of curve, 519
  • Sphere, 230
  • Standard basis, 9, 10, 33
  • Standard coordinate basis, 356
  • Standard coordinate frame, 371, 451
  • Standard coordinates, 339, 451
  • Standard dual coordinate basis, 356
  • Standard dual coordinate frame, 378, 451
  • Standard orientation, 158, 451
  • Standard smooth structure, 340
  • Star‐shaped, 17
  • Stereographic projection, 235
  • Stokes orientation, 456
  • Stokes's theorem, 459
  • classical, 585
  • Riemannian, 518
  • Submanifold with boundary, 452
  • Subspace, see vector subspace
  • Sum of vector subspaces, 14
  • direct, 15
  • Support of differential form, 432
  • Support of function, 192
  • Surface integral, 583
  • Surface of revolution, 242
  • Surjective map, 613
  • Sylvester's law of inertia, 60
  • Symmetric group, 618
  • Symmetric tensor, 134
  • Symmetric torsion tensor, 485
  • Symmetries of tensors, 129
  • Tangent plane, 237
  • Tangent space, 345
  • Tangent vector, 237, 345
  • Tensor, 97
  • alternating, 134
  • components of, 99
  • contraction of, 106, 107
  • contravariant, 97
  • covariant, 97
  • product, 98
  • pullback of covariant, 103
  • rank of, 97
  • representation of, 104, 124
  • symmetric, 134
  • Tensor derivation, 413
  • Tensor field, 382
  • components of, 384
  • contravariant, 382
  • covariant, 382
  • local coordinate expression of, 384
  • parallel, 476
  • pullback of, 399
  • rank of, 382
  • representation of, 385
  • Tensor field characterization theorem, 386
  • Theorema Egregium, 308
  • Time cone, 91
  • future, 93
  • past, 93
  • Timelike curve, 256, 519
  • Timelike subspace, 85
  • Timelike vector, 47
  • Topological manifold, 338
  • dimension of, 338
  • Topological manifold with boundary, 450
  • boundary of, 451
  • interior of, 451
  • Topological space, 183
  • disconnected, 189
  • Topological subspace, 186
  • Topology, 183
  • Euclidean, 196
  • generated by basis, 185
  • subspace, 186
  • Torsion tensor, 485
  • representation of, 532
  • symmetric, 485
  • Total covariant derivative, 476
  • Total covariant differential, see total covariant derivative
  • Trace
  • of linear map, 43
  • of matrix, 27
  • reversed, 96
  • Unit normal vector, 258, 518
  • Unit normal vector field, 258, 518
  • Unit vector, 48
  • Unit vector field, 258, 517
  • Upper half‐space, see closed upper half‐space
  • components of, 27
  • Euclidean norm of, 196
  • future‐directed, 93, 94
  • inward‐pointing, 454
  • orthogonal, 48
  • outward‐pointing, 454
  • past‐directed, 93, 94
  • representation of, 27, 28
  • smooth extension of, 368
  • Vector calculus
  • divergence, 221
  • gradient, 221
  • Laplace operator, 221
  • Vector field
  • along curve, 282
  • along regular surface, 252
  • along submanifold, 370
  • Euclidean, 209
  • inward‐pointing, 455
  • local coordinate expression of, 271, 284, 371
  • on parametrized surface, 370
  • on regular surface, 252
  • on smooth manifold, 367
  • orthogonal, 517
  • outward‐pointing, 455
  • parallel, 479
  • pullback of, 391
  • pushforward of, 391
  • representation of, 373
  • Vector product, 166
  • Vector space, 5, 625
  • basis for, 7
  • dimension of, 8
  • double dual of, 17
  • dual of, 17
  • finite‐dimensional, 8
  • orientation of, 158
  • oriented, 158
  • Vector subspace, 5, 626
  • perp of, 49
  • product of, 17
  • sum of, 14
  • Velocity of curve, 205, 359, 369
  • Volume form, 427, 550
  • Volume multicovector, 164
  • Volume of semi‐Riemannian manifold, 551
  • Wedge product, 137, 387
  • Weingarten map, 293
  • Zero function, 614
  • Zero matrix, 24
  • Zero multicovector, 134
  • Zero tensor, 97
  • Zero vector, 5, 345
  • Zero vector space, 5
  • Zero vector subspace, 5
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