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Fall 2005 Open manifolds with asymptotically nonnegative curvature
Mahaman Bazanfaré
Illinois J. Math. 49(3): 705-717 (Fall 2005). DOI: 10.1215/ijm/1258138215

Abstract

In this paper we establish a generalization of Toponogov's theorem for manifolds with asymptotically nonnegative sectional curvature, and we give a pinching condition under which asymptotically nonnegative curved manifolds are diffeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^{n}$.

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Mahaman Bazanfaré. "Open manifolds with asymptotically nonnegative curvature." Illinois J. Math. 49 (3) 705 - 717, Fall 2005. https://doi.org/10.1215/ijm/1258138215

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Published: Fall 2005
First available in Project Euclid: 13 November 2009

zbMATH: 1155.53314
MathSciNet: MR2210255
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/ijm/1258138215

Subjects:
Primary: 53C20
Secondary: 31C12 , 53C21

Rights: Copyright © 2005 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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