Extrinsic Curvature Embedding Diagrams


Abstract in English

Embedding diagrams have been used extensively to visualize the properties of curved space in Relativity. We introduce a new kind of embedding diagram based on the {it extrinsic} curvature (instead of the intrinsic curvature). Such an extrinsic curvature embedding diagram, when used together with the usual kind of intrinsic curvature embedding diagram, carries the information of how a surface is {it embedded} in the higher dimensional curved space. Simple examples are given to illustrate the idea.

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