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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 (systole)n/volume(\mathrm{systole})^n/\mathrm{volume}. Its supremum on the set of all the riemannian metrics, is known to be finite for a large class of manifolds, including the K(π,1)K(\pi,1). 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.

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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