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We show how to define curvature as a measure using the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem on a family of singular surfaces obtained by gluing together smooth surfaces along boundary curves. We find an explicit formula for the curvature measure as a sum…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Robert S Strichartz

Using the Gauss-Bonnet formula, integral of the Gaussian curvature over a 2-surface enclosed by a curve in the asymptotically flat region of a static spacetime was found to be a measure of a gravitational analogue of Aharonov-Bohm effect by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-07-26 M. Nouri-Zonoz , A. Parvizi

In 1963, K.P.Grotemeyer proved an interesting variant of the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem. Let M be an oriented closed surface in the Euclidean space R^3 with Euler characteristic \chi(M), Gauss curvature G and unit normal vector field n.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-07-13 Eric L. Grinberg , Li Haizhong

We analytically derive the covariant form of the Riemann (curvature) tensor for homogeneous Metric-Affine Cosmologies. That is, we present, in a Cosmological setting, the most general covariant form of the full Riemann tensor including also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-27 Damianos Iosifidis

We prove a Gauss-Bonnet formula for the extrinsic curvature of complete surfaces in hyperbolic space under some assumptions on the asymptotic behaviour. The result is given in terms of the measure of geodesics intersecting the surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-07-26 Gil Solanes

The theory of intrinsic volumes of convex cones has recently found striking applications in areas such as convex optimization and compressive sensing. This article provides a self-contained account of the combinatorial theory of intrinsic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Dennis Amelunxen , Martin Lotz

We prove a generalization of the classical Gauss-Bonnet formula for metrics with logarithmic singularities on compact Riemann surfaces, under the condition that the Gaussian curvature is Lebesgue integrable with respect to the metric's area…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Yuanjiu Lyu , Bin Xu

We compute the intrinsic Hausdorff dimension of spacetime at the infrared fixed point of the quantum conformal factor in 4D gravity. The fractal dimension is defined by the appropriate covariant diffusion equation in four dimensions and is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Ignatios Antoniadis , Pawel O. Mazur , Emil Mottola

The $(2k)$-th Gauss-Bonnet curvature is a generalization to higher dimensions of the $(2k)$-dimensional Gauss-Bonnet integrand, it coincides with the usual scalar curvature for $k=1$. The Gauss-Bonnet curvatures are used in theoretical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-12-19 Mohammed Larbi Labbi

We express the $q$-th Gauss-Bonnet-Chern mass of an immersed submanifold of Euclidean space as a linear combination of two terms: the total $(2q)$-th mean curvature and the integral, over the entire manifold, of the inner product between…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-03-19 Alexandre de Sousa , Frederico Girão

The traditional study of plane and space algebraic curves by looking at their tangent vectors, curvatures and torsions provides geometric, but unfortunately not sufficient information about individual curves in order to be able to…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Hana Melanova

The tensorial curvature measures are tensor-valued generalizations of the curvature measures of convex bodies. We prove a set of Crofton formulae for such tensorial curvature measures. These formulae express the integral mean of the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-15 Daniel Hug , Jan A. Weis

It has been proposed that quantum complexity is dual to the volume of the extremal surface, the action of the Wheeler-DeWitt patch, and the spacetime volume of the patch. Recently, a generalized volume-complexity observable was formulated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-27 Xuanhua Wang , Ran Li , Jin Wang

For a strictly pseudoconvex domain in a complex manifold we define a renormalized volume with respect to the approximately Einstein complete K\"ahler metric of Fefferman. We compute the conformal anomaly in complex dimension two and apply…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Neil Seshadri

The Gauss-Bonnet Formula is a significant achievement in 19th century differential geometry for the case of surfaces and the 20th century cumulative work of H. Hopf, W. Fenchel, C. B. Allendoerfer, A. Weil and S.S. Chern for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Marc Troyanov

This paper develops second variational formulas and index forms in the context of Hermitian geometry. Building upon these analytical foundations, we establish results analogous to classical theorems in Riemannian geometry, including Myers'…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Xiaokui Yang

The statement of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem brings up an unexpected form of reflexivity (major concept of philosophy of mathematics), so that geometry contemplates itself in it. It is therefore the revolutionary and multifaceted concept of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Joel Merker , Jean-Jacques Szczeciniarz

Our starting point is an iterative construction suited to combinatorics in arbitarary dimensions d, of totally anisymmetrised p-Riemann 2p-forms (2p\le d) generalising the (1-)Riemann curvature 2-forms. Superposition of p-Ricci scalars…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Chakrabarti , D. H. Tchrakian

We prove a generalization of the classical Gauss-Bonnet formula for a conical metric on a compact Riemann surface provided that the Gaussian curvature is Lebesgue integrable with respect to the area form of the metric. We also construct…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Hanbing Fang , Bin Xu , Bairui Yang

The treatment of 1 + 3 covariant perturbation in a multifluid cosmology with the consideration of f (G) gravity, G being the Gauss-Bonnet term, is done in the present paper. We define a set of covariant and gauge-invariant variables to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-22 Albert Munyeshyaka , Abraham Ayirwanda , Fidele Twagirayezu , Joseph Ntahompagaze