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A Schwarz lemma for complete Riemannian manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Leung-Fu Cheung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong e-mail: [email protected]
Pui-Fai Leung
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Kent RidgeSingapore 0511 e-mail: [email protected]
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We prove a Schwarz Lemma for conformal mappings between two complete Riemannian manifolds when the domain manifold has Ricci curvature bounded below in terms of its distance function. This gives a partial result to a conjecture of Chua.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1997

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