Riemannian theory, in general, refers to the musical theories of German theorist Hugo Riemann (1849–1919). His theoretical writings cover many topics...
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Neo-Riemannian theory is a loose collection of ideas present in the writings of music theorists such as David Lewin, Brian Hyer, Richard Cohn, and Henry...
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Riemannian geometry is the branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds, defined as smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric (an...
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connection on a Riemannian manifold. Albert Einstein used the theory of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds (a generalization of Riemannian manifolds) to develop...
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In mathematical physics, a pseudo-Riemannian manifold, also called a semi-Riemannian manifold, is a differentiable manifold with a metric tensor that is...
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Riemann curvature tensor (redirect from Riemannian curvature)
any pseudo-Riemannian manifold, or indeed any manifold equipped with an affine connection. It is a central mathematical tool in the theory of general...
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his contributions are now termed as Riemannian theory, a variety of related ideas on many aspects of music theory. Riemann was born at Grossmehlra,...
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Symmetric space (redirect from Locally Riemannian symmetric space)
studied with the tools of Riemannian geometry, leading to consequences in the theory of holonomy; or algebraically through Lie theory, which allowed Cartan...
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mathematics, specifically differential geometry, the infinitesimal geometry of Riemannian manifolds with dimension greater than 2 is too complicated to be described...
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Sub-Riemannian manifold Riemannian submanifold Riemannian metric Riemannian circle Riemannian submersion Riemannian Penrose inequality Riemannian holonomy Riemann...
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approach has implications in Neo-Riemannian theory, and leads to some interesting connections between diatonic and chromatic theory. Emmanuel Amiot has discovered...
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concluded that general relativity could be formulated in the context of Riemannian geometry which had been developed in the 1800s. In 1915, he devised the...
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partial differential equations. The key observation is that, given a Riemannian metric on M, every cohomology class has a canonical representative, a...
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of C major, the key of D major (or D minor) is the supertonic. In Riemannian theory, the supertonic is considered the subdominant parallel: Sp/T in major...
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Tonnetz (category Lattice theory)
Fokker periodicity block Neo-Riemannian theory Musical set-theory Riemannian theory Transformational theory Tuning theory Treatise on Harmony Euler, Leonhard...
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dominant, subdominant chords typically have predominant function. In Riemannian theory, it is considered to balance the dominant around the tonic (being...
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Leonhard Euler (section Number theory)
(see above). The device drew renewed interest as the Tonnetz in Neo-Riemannian theory (see also Lattice (music)). Euler further used the principle of the...
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Scalar curvature (category Riemannian geometry)
Riemannian geometry, the scalar curvature (or the Ricci scalar) is a measure of the curvature of a Riemannian manifold. To each point on a Riemannian...
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Parallel and counter parallel (category Riemannian theory)
and Rehding, Alexander; eds. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories, p.105. Oxford. ISBN 9780195321333. The German text, in the 11th...
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Holonomy (redirect from Riemannian holonomy)
The decomposition and classification of Riemannian holonomy has applications to physics and to string theory. Let E be a rank-k vector bundle over a smooth...
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Embedding (redirect from Embedding (field theory))
. In Riemannian geometry and pseudo-Riemannian geometry: Let ( M , g ) {\displaystyle (M,g)} and ( N , h ) {\displaystyle (N,h)} be Riemannian manifolds...
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the general settings of potential theory. In addition, insight and clarity is obtained by generalizations to Riemannian manifolds and fiber bundles, allowing...
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Geodesic (section Riemannian geometry)
spaces; for example, in graph theory, one might consider a geodesic between two vertices/nodes of a graph. In a Riemannian manifold or submanifold, geodesics...
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Major and minor (section Advanced theory)
the 19:16 minor third which many find pleasing.(p298) In the Neo-Riemannian theory, the minor mode is considered the inverse of the major mode, an upside...
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This is a glossary of some terms used in Riemannian geometry and metric geometry — it doesn't cover the terminology of differential topology. The following...
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The fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry states that on any Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) there is a unique affine connection...
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of Riemannian geometry, where in many cases exact solutions can be given. This general setting then extends to quantum field theory and string theory, again...
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Lick Riffusion Vamp Capuzzo, Guy. Neo-Riemannian Theory and the Analysis of Pop-Rock Music, pp. 186–187, Music Theory Spectrum, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 177–199...
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in the music of Alexander Scriabin", Journal of Music Theory 42, no. 2 ("Neo-Riemannian Theory", Autumn): 219–233. Tymoczko, Dmitri. 1997. "The Consecutive-Semitone...
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Differential geometry (section Riemannian geometry)
Einstein's general theory of relativity is expressed. According to the theory, the universe is a smooth manifold equipped with a pseudo-Riemannian metric, which...
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