Ricci curvature on Alexandrov spaces and rigidity theorems (Q641516)

The main results are the following rigidity theorems. Theorem 1 (splitting theorem). Let \(M\) be an \(n\)-dimensional complete non-compact Alexandrov space with nonegative Ricci curvature and \(\partial M=\varnothing\). If \(M\) contains a line, then \(M\) is isometric to a direct metric product \(\mathbb{R}\times N\) for some Alexandrov space \(N\) with nonnegative Ricci curvature. Theorem 2 (maximal diameter theorem). Let \(M\) be an \(n\)-dimensional compact Alexandrov space with Ricci curvature bounded below by \(n-1\) and \(\partial M=\varnothing\). If the diameter of \(M\) is \(\pi\), then \(M\) is isometric to a spherical suspension over an Alexandrov space with curvature \(\geq f\).