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St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal
St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal
ISSN 1547-7371(e) ISSN 1061-0022(p)

     

An upper bound for the curvature integral

Author(s): A. M. Petrunin
Translated by: the author
Original publication: Algebra i Analiz, tom 20 (2008), nomer 2.
Journal: St. Petersburg Math. J. 20 (2009), 255-265.
MSC (2000): Primary 53B21
Posted: January 30, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2423998
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Abstract: It is shown that the integral of the scalar curvature of a closed Riemannian manifold can be bounded from above in terms of the manifold's dimension, diameter, and a lower bound for the sectional curvature.


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Additional Information:

A. M. Petrunin
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Email: petrunin@math.psu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S1061-0022-09-01046-2
PII: S 1061-0022(09)01046-2
Keywords: Sectional curvature, scalar curvature, Aleksandrov space
Received by editor(s): 5/APR/2007
Posted: January 30, 2009
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society




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