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On a conjecture of Green

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2001

CHENGBO YUE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Penn. State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA (e-mail: yue@math.psu.edu)

Abstract

Green [5] conjectured that if $M$ is a closed Riemannian manifold of negative sectional curvature such that the mean curvatures of the horospheres through each point depend only on the point, then $V$ is a locally symmetric space of rank one. He proved this in dimension two. In this paper we prove that under Green's assumption, $M$ must be asymptotically harmonic and that the geodesic flow on $M$ is $C^{\infty}$ conjugate to that of a locally symmetric space of rank one. Combining this with the recent rigidity theorem of Besson–Courtois–Gallot [1], it follows that Green's conjecture is true for all dimensions.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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