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The topology of an open manifold with radial curvature bounded from below by a model surface with finite total curvature and examples of model surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2016

Minoru Tanaka  and
Kei Kondo
Minoru Tanaka
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Pref. 259 – 1292, Japan, tanaka@tokai-u.jp
Kei Kondo
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Tokai University, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Pref. 259 – 1292, Japan, keikondo@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp
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Abstract

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We construct distinctive surfaces of revolution with finite total curvature whose Gauss curvatures are not bounded. Such a surface of revolution is employed as a reference surface of comparison theorems in radial curvature geometry. Moreover, we prove that a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold M is homeomorphic to the interior of a compact manifold with boundary if the manifold M is not less curved than a noncompact model surface of revolution and if the total curvature of the model surface is finite and less than 2π. By the first result mentioned above, the second result covers a much wider class of manifolds than that of complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds whose sectional curvatures are bounded from below by a constant.

Keywords

53C2153C22
Type
Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 209 , March 2013 , pp. 23 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2013

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