邁爾斯定理

邁爾斯定理,或稱博內-邁爾斯定理,是黎曼幾何的經典結果。這定理說如完備黎曼流形里奇曲率有下界,那麼其直徑不超過

而且,如直徑等於,則流形和有常截面曲率的球面等距

這結果對流形的萬有覆叠同樣成立,特別地,和其覆蓋都緊緻,所以覆叠是有限葉的, 有有限基本群

參考

  • S. B. Myers, Riemannian manifolds with positive mean curvature, Duke Mathematical Journal Volume 8, Number 2 (1941), 401-404
  • M. P. do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry, Birkhäuser, Boston, Mass.(1992)
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