A generalization of Berger's rigidity theorem for positively curved manifolds

DOI10.24033/asens.1530zbMath0626.53032MaRDI QIDQ3029737

Karsten Grove, Detlef Gromoll

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Annales scientifiques de l'École normale supérieure (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1987_4_20_2_227_0

zbMATH Keywords

diameter; sectional curvature; symmetric space; twisted sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C20: Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching

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