On the gradient estimate of Cheng and Yau

On the gradient estimate of Cheng and Yau
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (2012), 1437-1443 Request permission

We improve the well-known local gradient estimate of Cheng and Yau in the case when the Ricci curvature has a negative lower bound.

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