A comparison-estimate of Toponogov type for Ricci curvature (Q1907192)
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A comparison-estimate of Toponogov type for Ricci curvature (English)
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1 February 1996
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A comparison estimate is given for small hinges in a complete manifold with a Ricci lower bound. The estimate is then used to show that a complete nonnegatively Ricci curved manifold with diameter growth \(= o(r^{1/n})\) \((n = \dim)\) and a positive conjugate radius is of finite topological type.
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bounded Ricci curvature
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Toponogov comparison theorem
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small hinges
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