On the fundamental group of a compact negatively curved manifold

Chen, Su Shing

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0514740-5

On the fundamental group of a compact negatively curved manifold

Author: Su Shing Chen
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1978), 119-122
MSC: Primary 53C20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1978-0514740-5
MathSciNet review: 0514740
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Abstract: A question of Hirsch and Thurston on the fundamental group of a compact negatively curved manifold is investigated.

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