On Ricci curvature and volume growth in dimension three (Q2339791)

Let \(B^3\) be the open unit ball in \(\mathbb{R}^3\). The author shows the following. Theorem: Let \(g\) be a complete metric on the manifold with boundary \(\mathbb{R}^3-B^3\). Assume that \(g\) has non-negative Ricci curvature and quadratic curvature decay. Then \(g\) has cubic volume growth. This yields the following consequence: Corollary: Let \((M,g)\) be a non-compact and boundaryless 3-dimensional manifold of non-negative curvature and quadratic curvature decay. Then \((M,g)\) has Euclidean volume growth if and only if \(M\) is diffeomorphic to \(\mathbb{R}^3\).