Two generalizations of Cheeger-Gromoll splitting theorem via Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature (Q1013023)
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Two generalizations of Cheeger-Gromoll splitting theorem via Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature (English)
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29 April 2009
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The splitting theorem of Cheeger and Gromoll is fundamental in the study of manifolds with nonnegative or almost nonnegative Ricci curvature. The present paper proves two generalizations of this theorem to manifolds with nonnegative Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature.
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Busemann function
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splitting theorem
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Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature
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