On open three manifolds of quasi-positive Ricci curvature
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Abstract:
It is proved that an open three-manifold of Ricci curvature nonnegative and positive at one point is diffeomorphic to the three-dimensional Euclidean space.References
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- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 120 (1994), 569-572
- MSC: Primary 53C21; Secondary 53C20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1994-1166362-2
- MathSciNet review: 1166362