Download or read book Global Riemannian Geometry: Curvature and Topology written by Steen Markvorsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-05-23 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a clear exposition of two contemporary topics in modern differential geometry: distance geometric analysis on manifolds, in particular, comparison theory for distance functions in spaces which have well defined bounds on their curvature the application of the Lichnerowicz formula for Dirac operators to the study of Gromov's invariants to measure the K-theoretic size of a Riemannian manifold. It is intended for both graduate students and researchers.