On the flatness of Riemannian cylinders without conjugate points

DOI10.4310/CAG.2011.V19.N4.A5MaRDI QIDQ429262zbMATHWikidataFDO

Authors Victor Bangert, Patrick Emmerich

Publication date 26 June 2012

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

flatnesshorocyclesconjugate pointsRiemannian cylinder

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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