On the fundamental group of a compact negatively curved manifold
Author:
Su Shing Chen
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1978), 119-122
MSC:
Primary 53C20
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0514740-5
MathSciNet review:
0514740
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Abstract: A question of Hirsch and Thurston on the fundamental group of a compact negatively curved manifold is investigated.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0514740-5
Keywords:
Negative sectional curvature,
fundamental group
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