Sur la g\'eom\'etrie systolique des vari\'et\'es de Bieberbach
Differential Geometry
2008-12-18 v2
Abstract
The systole of a compact non simply connected Riemannian manifold is the smallest length of a non-contractible closed curve ; the systolic ratio is the quotient . Its supremum on the set of all the riemannian metrics, is known to be finite for a large class of manifolds, including the . We study the optimal systolic ratio of compact, 3-dimensional non orientable Bieberbach manifolds, and prove that it cannot be realized by a flat metric.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.1419,
title = {Sur la g\'eom\'etrie systolique des vari\'et\'es de Bieberbach},
author = {Chady Elmir and Jacques Lafontaine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1419},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
17 pages, 2 figures, french, to appear in Geom. Dedicata