An isoembolic pinching theorem (Q1105205)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4058344
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An isoembolic pinching theorem
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4058344

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    An isoembolic pinching theorem (English)
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    1988
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    For \(\alpha\) (n) the volume of the n-sphere, Berger's isoembolic inequality states \(V/i^ n\geq \alpha (n)/\pi^ n\), where V denotes the volume, i the injectivity radius of a compact Riemannian n-manifold M. Moreover, equality holds if M is a round sphere. The author shows for an explicit constant c(n) that \[ \alpha (n)/\pi^ n+c(n)\geq V/i^ n \] implies that M is homeomorphic to \(S^ n\).
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    isoembolic inequality
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    volume
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    injectivity radius
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    sphere
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