Mass of rays in Alexandrov spaces of nonnegative curvature (Q1343872)

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Mass of rays in Alexandrov spaces of nonnegative curvature
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    Mass of rays in Alexandrov spaces of nonnegative curvature (English)
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    1 August 1995
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    Let \(M\) be a noncompact \(n\)-dimensional Alexandrov space of nonnegative curvature and 0 an element of \(M\). A ray in \(M\) is defined to be a unit- speed curve \(\gamma: [0, +\infty) \to M\), any subarc of which is a minimal segment. Denote by \(A_ p\) the set of unit vectors at a point \(p\in M\) tangent to rays. For any \(t>0\), let \(\rho_{(M, O)}(t)= (\int_{B_ t (O)\ni x} H^{n-1} (A_ x) dH^ n)/ H^ n (B_ t (O))\), where \(H^ n\) \((n\geq 0)\) is the \(n\)-dimensional Hausdorff measure and \(B_ t (O)\) is the metric ball centered at \(p\in x\) of radius \(t\). The limit cone \((\text{Con}_ \infty M, O_ \infty)\) of the metric space \(M\) is defined to be the Hausdorff limit of the pointed space \(({1\over t} M,O)\) as \(t\to \infty\), where \({1\over t} M\) denotes the space \(M\) equipped with metric multiplied \({1\over t}\) times. The main result established by the author is: \[ \limsup_{t\to +\infty} \rho_{(M,O)} (t)\leq \liminf_{t\to +\infty} \rho_{(\text{Con}_ \infty M, O_ \infty)} (t)= \limsup_{t\to +\infty} \rho_{(\text{Con}_ \infty M, O_ \infty)} (t). \]
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    Alexandrov space
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    limit cone
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    Hausdorff limit
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