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We obtain a Bonnet-Myers theorem under a spectral condition: a closed Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ for which the lowest eigenvalue of the Ricci tensor $\rho$ is such that the Schr\"odinger operator $(n-2)\Delta + \rho$ is positive has…

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