A theorem on the volume growth in non-positive curved manifolds (Q2489507)

Let \((M,g)\) be a complete non positively curved \(m\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold. Assume the Ricci curvature is bounded above by a negative constant \(-b^2\). The author shows that for every \(r_0>0\) there is a positive constant \(C(b,r_0)\) so that if the injectivity radius satisfies \(\text{inj}(x)\geq r\geq r_0\), then the volume of the geodesic ball of radius \(r\) centered at \(x\) is at least \(C(b,r_0)e^{br}\); in other words, the volume grows at least exponentially. The author also derives an inequality of isoperimetric type showing under these conditions that \(\text{area(bd}(\Omega))\geq b \operatorname{vol}(\Omega)\) if \(\Omega\) is a domain outside the cut locus with smooth boundary and compact closure and if \(M\) is simply connected.