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noun
A process that deforms the metric of a Riemannian manifold in a way formally analogous to the diffusion of heat, smoothing out irregularities in the metric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: differential geometry
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History
Named after Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro.
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