Universal covers for Hausdorff limits of noncompact spaces

Sormani, Christina; Wei, Guofang

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-03-03412-3

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Universal covers for Hausdorff limits of noncompact spaces

Authors: Christina Sormani and Guofang Wei
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), 1233-1270
MSC (2000): Primary 53C20
Posted: October 6, 2003
MathSciNet review: 2021619
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Abstract: We prove that if is the Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of complete manifolds, , with a uniform lower bound on Ricci curvature, then has a universal cover.

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