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Quantitative Volume Space From Rigidity with lower Ricci curvature bound II

Differential Geometry 2016-06-21 v1

Abstract

This is the second paper of two in a series under the same title ([CRX]); both study the quantitative volume space form rigidity conjecture: a closed nn-manifold of Ricci curvature at least (n1)H(n-1)H, H=±1H=\pm 1 or 00 is diffeomorphic to a HH-space form if for every ball of definite size on MM, the lifting ball on the Riemannian universal covering space of the ball achieves an almost maximal volume, provided the diameter of MM is bounded for H1H\ne 1. In [CRX], we verified the conjecture for the case that MM or its Riemannian universal covering space M~\tilde M is not collapsed for H=1H=1 or H1H\ne 1 respectively. In the present paper, we will verify this conjecture for the case that Ricci curvature is also bounded above, while the above non-collapsing condition is not required.

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@article{arxiv.1606.05709,
  title  = {Quantitative Volume Space From Rigidity with lower Ricci curvature bound II},
  author = {Lina Chen and Xiaochun Rong and Shicheng Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.05709},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages

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