On Toponogov's comparison theorem for Alexandrov spaces

DOI10.4171/LEM/59-3-6MaRDI QIDQ495208zbMATHFDO

Authors Urs Lang, Viktor Schroeder

Publication date 9 September 2015

Published in L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3668

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23)

Abstract: In this expository note, we present a transparent proof of Toponogov's theorem for Alexandrov spaces in the general case, not assuming local compactness of the underlying metric space. More precisely, we show that if M is a complete geodesic metric space such that the Alexandrov triangle comparisons for curvature greater than or equal to k are satisfied locally, then these comparisons also hold in the large. The proof is a modification of an argument due to Plaut.

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