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Gromov's articles suitable for master students

I'm a master student and I have read "Monotonicity of the volume of intersection of balls" by Gromov and it was a great experience. When trying to fill the gaps, I often end up finding some ...
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Prerequisites/Preparation for understanding a research paper - global solutions to Einstein field in Bondi Coordinates

I would like to read this paper: João L. Costa, Filipe C. Mena, Global solutions to the spherically symmetric Einstein-scalar field system with a positive cosmological constant in Bondi ...
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Inverse problem of Chern Classes

For my graduate (master) thesis I am studying the theory of Chern Classes. As a possible personal development the only sensible idea I have so far, and which I frankly think is impossible, is to work ...
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Reading list for basic differential geometry?

I'd like to ask if people can point me towards good books or notes to learn some basic differential geometry. I work in representation theory mostly and have found that sometimes my background is ...