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Manifolds of nonpositive curvature

By Mikhael Gromov , Werner Ballmann , Viktor Schroeder

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Boston
Year
1985
ISBN
9780817631819, 9783764331818, 081763181X, 376433181X
LCC
QA649 .B35 1985
Open Library ID
OL2539161M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2253723 bytes)
Series
Progress in Mathematics; vol. 61
Edition
1
Pages
276\276
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

This volume presents a complete and self-contained description of new results in the theory of manifolds of nonpositive curvature. It is based on lectures delivered by M. Gromov at the Collège de France in Paris. Among others these lectures threat local and global rigidity problems (e.g., a generalization of the famous Mostow rigidity theorem) and finiteness results for manifolds of finite volume. V. Schroeder wrote up these lectures, including complete and detailed proofs. A lot of background material is added to the first lectures. Therefore this book may also serve as an introduction to the subject of nonpositively curved manifolds. The latest progress in this area is reflected in the article of W. Ballmann describing the structure of manifolds of higher rank.

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