Metric curvature, convergence, and topological finiteness (Q1196381)

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Metric curvature, convergence, and topological finiteness
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    Metric curvature, convergence, and topological finiteness (English)
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    14 December 1992
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    The author uses metric techniques to generalize the Gromov convergence theorem and the Cheeger finiteness theorem by replacing an upper curvature bound and lower volume bound with a lower bound on injectivity radius and by removing smoothness assumptions as well. In a first theorem the author obtains that an \(n\)-dimensional, metrically and geodesically complete inner metric space of curvature bounded below by some constant and injectivity radius bounded below by some positive constant has a \(C^ 1\) structure.
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    geodesic space
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    Gromov convergence theorem
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    Cheeger finiteness theorem
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    injectivity radius
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    smoothness assumptions
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