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On finite volume, negatively curved manifolds

Differential Geometry 2011-10-25 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study noncompact, complete, finite volume, negatively curved manifolds MM. We construct MM with infinitely generated fundamental groups in all dimensions n2n \geq 2. We construct MM whose cusp cross sections are compact hyperbolic manifolds in all dimension n3n\geq 3. In contrast we show that if sectional curvature 1<K(M)<0-1<K(M)<0, then cusp cross sections have zero simplicial volume. We construct negatively curved lattices that do not contain any parabolic isometries. We show that there are MM such that M~\widetilde{M} does not satisfy the visibility axiom. We give a condition on the curvature growth versus the volume decay that guarantees topological finiteness. We raise a few questions on finite volume, negatively curved manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1110.4087,
  title  = {On finite volume, negatively curved manifolds},
  author = {T. Tam Nguyen Phan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4087},
  year   = {2011}
}

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18 pages

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