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Characterizations of model manifolds by means of certain differential systems

Differential Geometry 2009-03-06 v1

Abstract

We prove metric rigidity for complete manifolds supporting solutions of certain second order differential systems, thus extending classical works on a characterization of space-forms. In the route, we also discover new characterizations of space-forms. We next generalize results concerning metric rigidity via equations involving vector fields.

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@article{arxiv.0903.1052,
  title  = {Characterizations of model manifolds by means of certain differential systems},
  author = {Stefano Pigola and Michele Rimoldi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.1052},
  year   = {2009}
}