Total curvatures of model surfaces control topology of complete open manifolds with radial curvature bounded below. II

DOI10.1090/S0002-9947-2010-05031-7zbMATH Open1225.53034arXiv0901.4019MaRDI QIDQ3065740FDOQ3065740

Authors: Minoru Tanaka, Kei Kondo 

Publication date: 6 January 2011

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove, as our main theorem, the finiteness of topological type of a complete open Riemannian manifold $M$ with a base point $pinM$ whose radial curvature at $p$ is bounded from below by that of a non-compact model surface of revolution $ildeM$ which admits a finite total curvature and has no pair of cut points in a sector. Here a sector is, by definition, a domain cut off by two meridians emanating from the base point $ildepinildeM$. Notice that our model $ildeM$ does not always satisfy the diameter growth condition introduced by Abresch and Gromoll. In order to prove the main theorem, we need a new type of the Toponogov comparison theorem. As an application of the main theorem, we present a partial answer to Milnor's open conjecture on the fundamental group of complete open manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4019

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zbMATH Keywords

comparison theoremcontrol topologyradial curvatures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22)

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