On the flatness of Riemannian cylinders without conjugate points

DOI10.4310/CAG.2011.V19.N4.A5zbMATH Open1260.53065arXiv1012.0659WikidataQ115205374 ScholiaQ115205374MaRDI QIDQ429262FDOQ429262

Victor Bangert, Patrick Emmerich

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: What are appropriate geometric conditions ensuring that a complete Riemannian 2-cylinder without conjugate points is flat? Examples with nonpositive curvature show that one has to assume that the ends of the cylinder open sublinearly. We show that sublinear growth of the ends is indeed sufficient if it is measured by the length of horocycles. This is used to extend results by K. Burns and G. Knieper [9], and by H. Koehler [18], where the opening of the ends is measured in terms of shortest noncontractible loops.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0659

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zbMATH Keywords

flatnesshorocyclesconjugate pointsRiemannian cylinder

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Rigidity results (53C24)

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