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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480937603321

Autore

Gigli Nicola

Titolo

Second order analysis on (P2(M),W2) / / Nicola Gigli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-8218-8529-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; Volume 216, Number 1018

Disciplina

516.3/62

Soggetti

Riemannian manifolds

Geometry, Differential

Spaces of measures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"March 2012, Volume 216, Number 1018 (end of volume)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Preliminaries and notation""; ""1.1. Riemannian manifolds""; ""1.2. The distance W2""; ""1.3. Kantorovich's dual problem""; ""1.4. First order differentiable structure""; ""Chapter 2. Regular curves""; ""2.1. Cauchy Lipschitz theory on Riemannian manifolds""; ""2.2. Definition and first properties of regular curves""; ""2.3. On the regularity of geodesics""; ""Chapter 3. Absolutely continuous vector fields""; ""3.1. Definition and first properties""; ""3.2. Approximation of absolutely continuous vector fields""; ""Chapter 4. Parallel transport""

""4.1. The case of an embedded Riemannian manifold""""4.2. Parallel transport along regular curves""; ""4.3. Forward and backward parallel transport""; ""4.4. On the question of stability and the continuity of P ""; ""Chapter 5. Covariant derivative""; ""5.1. Levi-Civita connection""; ""5.2. The tensor N""; ""5.3. Calculus of derivatives""; ""5.4. Smoothness of time dependent operators""; ""Chapter 6. Curvature""; ""6.1. The curvature tensor""; ""6.2. Related notions of curvature""; ""Chapter 7. Differentiability of the exponential map""; ""7.1. Introduction to the problem""

""7.2. Rigorous result""""7.3. A pointwise result""; ""Chapter 8. Jacobi



fields""; ""8.1. The Jacobi equation""; ""8.2. Solutions of the Jacobi equation""; ""8.3. Points before the first conjugate""; ""Appendix A. Density of regular curves""; ""Appendix B. C1 curves""; ""Appendix C. On the definition of exponential map""; ""Appendix D. A weak notion of absolute continuity of vector fields""; ""Bibliography""

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459943703321

Autore

Van de Walle Terry

Titolo

Snakes and lizards in your pocket [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to reptiles of the upper Midwest / / by Terry VanDeWalle ; photographs by Suzanne L. Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Iowa City, Iowa], : University of Iowa Press, c2010

ISBN

1-58729-929-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (16 p.)

Collana

A Bur Oak guide

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsSuzanne L

Disciplina

597.0977

597.95

Soggetti

Reptiles - Middle West

Snakes - Middle West

Lizards - Middle West

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

SNAKES; Common garter snake; Eastern ribbon snake; Plains garter snake; Western ribbon snake; Smooth green snake; Rough green snake; Brown snake; Ringneck snake; Redbelly snake; Lined snake; Western hognose snake; Eastern hognose snake; Northern water snake; Diamondback water snake; Plainbelly water snake; Kingsnake; Milk snake; Prairie kingsnake; Bullsnake; Western fox snake; Rat snake; Copperhead; Eastern racer; Cottonmouth; Massasauga; Timber rattlesnake; Prairie rattlesnake; LIZARDS; Western slender; Six-lined racerunner; Ground skink; Broadhead skink; Five-lined skink

Northern prairie skinkKey to adult lizards and snakes

Sommario/riassunto

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