On the Geometry of Spheres with Positive Curvature

نویسندگان

  • MENG WU
  • YUNHUI WU
  • David Bao
چکیده

For an n-dimensional complete connected Riemannian manifold M with sectional curvature KM ≥ 1 and diameter diam(M) > π2 , and a closed connected totally geodesic submanifold N of M , if there exist points x ∈ N and y ∈ M satisfying the distance d(x, y) > π 2 , then N is homeomorphic to a sphere. We also give a counterexample in 2-dimensional case to the following problem: let M be an ndimensional complete connected Riemannian manifold with KM ≥ 1 and rad(M) > π 2 , whether does the “antipodal” map A of M restricted to a complete totally geodesic submanifold agree with the “antipodal” map of M?

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تاریخ انتشار 2009