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A Rigidity Theorem for the Hemisphere

Differential Geometry 2007-12-03 v2

Abstract

We prove the following rigidity theorem: For an n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary whose Ricci curvature is bounded by n-1 from below, if its boundary is isometric to the standard sphere of dimension n-1 and totally geodesic, then the manifold is isometric to the standard hemisphere.

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@article{arxiv.0711.4595,
  title  = {A Rigidity Theorem for the Hemisphere},
  author = {Fengbo Hang and Xiaodong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4595},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

The extrinsic boundary condition is relaxed

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