ABSTRACT
In this chapter we give a rapid tour through some of the basic ideas of Riemannian
geometry. For the most part we will omit proofs if they can be found in the beautiful
sum m ary by Milnor [54, Part II].
In this chapter we give a rapid tour through some of the basic ideas of Riemannian
geometry. For the most part we will omit proofs if they can be found in the beautiful
sum m ary by Milnor [54, Part II].