A Sphere Theorem for Manifolds of Positive Ricci Curvature

DOI10.2307/1999055zbMath0518.53047MaRDI QIDQ3667554

Katsuhiro Shiohama

Publication date: 1983

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1999055

zbMATH Keywords

positive Ricci curvature; volume growth; sphere theorem; contractibility radius; Cheng-diameter-theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

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