Non-aspherical ends and non-positive curvature

Belegradek, Igor; Phan, T.

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Non-aspherical ends and non-positive curvature
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Abstract:

We obtain restrictions on the boundary of a compact manifold whose interior admits a complete Riemannian metric of non-positive sectional curvature.

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