Sweeping out sectional curvature

Dmitri Panov; Anton Petrunin

doi:10.2140/gt.2014.18.617

Sweeping out sectional curvature

Dmitri Panov, Anton Petrunin

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We observe that the maximal open set of constant curvature κ in a Riemannian manifold of curvature ≥ κ or 6 ≤ κ has a convexity-type property, which we call two-convexity. This statement is used to prove a number of rigidity statements in comparison geometry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	617-631
Number of pages	15
Journal	Geometry and Topology
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2014.18.617
State	Published - Jan 30 2014

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