On Euler characteristic and fundamental groups of compact manifolds

Abstract: Let

M

be a compact Riemannian manifold,

p i : w i d e t i l d e M i g h t a r r o w M

be the universal covering and

o m e g a

be a smooth

2

-form on

M

with

p i^{*} o m e g a

cohomologous to zero. Suppose the fundamental group

p i_{1} (M)

satisfies certain radial quadratic (resp. linear) isoperimetric inequality, we show that there exists a smooth

1

-form

e t a

on

w i d e t i l d e M

of linear (resp. bounded) growth such that

p i^{*} o m e g a = d e t a

. As applications, we prove that on a compact Kahler manifold

(M, o m e g a)

with

p i^{*} o m e g a

cohomologous to zero, if

p i_{1} (M)

is

m a t h r m C A T (0)

or automatic (resp. hyperbolic), then

M

is Kahler non-elliptic (resp. Kahler hyperbolic) and the Euler characteristic

(- 1)^{f r a c d i m_{m} a t h b b R M 2} c h i (M) g e q 0

(resp.

> 0

).

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