In this paper, we extend the classical de Rham decomposition theorem to the case of Riemannian manifolds with boundary by using the trick of the development of curves.
Chengjie YU
. DE RHAM DECOMPOSITION FOR RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLDS WITH BOUNDARY*[J]. Acta mathematica scientia, Series B, 2023
, 43(1)
: 51
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DOI: 10.1007/s10473-023-0104-9
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