Singular Metrics of Nonpositive Curvature on Branched Covers of Riemannian Manifolds

DOI10.2307/2375063zbMath0804.53056OpenAlexW2015306500WikidataQ115228781 ScholiaQ115228781MaRDI QIDQ4288907

Michael W. Davis, Ruth M. Charney

Publication date: 12 January 1995

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/13c89abf8d9bc58fab7b428b4013f90809c893b0

zbMATH Keywords

orbifoldsreflection groupsbranched coveringsgeodesic spacesflag complexcomparison triangle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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