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Author(s): Isaac Chavel
Title: Riemannian geometry: A modern introduction
Additional book information: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, no. 108, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994, xii + 386, $59.95, 0-521-43201-4; also in paperback as Riemannian geometry: A modern introduction, Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, no. 108, Cambridge Univ. Press, $24.95, ISBN 0-521-48578-9


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Gallot, Sylvestre, Dominique Hulin, and Jacques Lafontaine, Riemannian geometry, Second Edition, Universitext, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1990. MR 91j:53001

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Hildebrandt, S. and A. Tromba, Mathematics and optimal form, Scientific American Library, New York, 1985. MR 87k:00009

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Li, Peter, Lectures on differential geometry, Seoul University, Korea, 1991. For copies send e-mail to pli@math.uci.edu.

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Osserman, R., Poetry of the universe, Anchor, New York, 1995.

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Spivak, Michael, A comprehensive introduction to differential geometry, Vols. 1--5, Publish or Perish, Inc., Houston, TX, 2nd edition, 1979. MR 82g:53003a; MR 82g:53003b; MR 82g:53003c; MR 82g:53003d; MR 82g:53003e


Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Jerry L. Kazdan
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
Email: kazdan@math.upenn.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (1996), 339-344.

MSC (1991): Primary 53B20, 53B21, 53C20; Secondary 53C22, 53C23
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00664-7
PII: S 0273-0979(96)00664-7
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society


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