The authors study complete open manifolds whose curvature is non-negative along ray directions. They prove that such manifold has infinite volume. Cheeger-Gromoll's splitting; theorem is generalized. They also stu...The authors study complete open manifolds whose curvature is non-negative along ray directions. They prove that such manifold has infinite volume. Cheeger-Gromoll's splitting; theorem is generalized. They also study topology of such manifolds.展开更多
文摘The authors study complete open manifolds whose curvature is non-negative along ray directions. They prove that such manifold has infinite volume. Cheeger-Gromoll's splitting; theorem is generalized. They also study topology of such manifolds.