The higher rank rigidity theorem for manifolds with no focal points

DOI10.1007/s10711-012-9776-3zbMath1305.53049arXiv1111.5428OpenAlexW2157464780MaRDI QIDQ1953090

Jordan Watkins

Publication date: 7 June 2013

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.5428

zbMATH Keywords

rigidityRiemannian manifoldsduality conditionhigher rankno focal points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

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