Abstract
We show that if a complete Riemannian manifold supports a vector field such that the Ricci tensor plus the Lie derivative of the metric with respect to the vector field has a positive lower bound, then the fundamental group is finite. In particular, it follows that complete shrinking Ricci solitons and complete smooth metric measure spaces with a positive lower bound on the Bakry-Emery tensor have finite fundamental group. The method of proof is to generalize arguments of Garcia-Rio and Fernández-López in the compact case.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1803-1806 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
Volume | 136 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics