On characterization of riemannian manifolds

• Tribuzy, Iván ^[1] ; Ayala, Víctor ^[2] ; Diniz, Marco ^[3] ; Veloso, José M. M. ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal do Amazonas

     Universidade Federal do Amazonas

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] Universidad Católica del Norte

     Universidad Católica del Norte

     Antofagasta, Chile

     
  3. [3] Universidad Federal de Pará

     Universidad Federal de Pará

     Brasil

     

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• Localización: Proyecciones: Journal of Mathematics, ISSN 0716-0917, ISSN-e 0717-6279, Vol. 27, Nº. 2, 2008, págs. 113-144
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.4067/S0716-09172008000200001
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  • This survey, present some results about characterization of Riemannian manifolds by using notions of convexity. The first part deals with immersed manifolds and the second part gives a characterization for the Euclidean space and for the Euclidean sphere.

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