Abstract
This chapter contains an introduction to triangle comparison theorems and it is proved that the fundamental group of a compact Riemannian manifold with negative sectional curvature is hyperbolic.
Details
Title
Espaces à courbure négative et groupes hyperboliques
Author(s)
Troyanov, Marc
Published in
Sur les groupes hyperboliques d'après Mikhael Gromov
Editor(s)
Series
Progress in Mathematics, 83
Pages
47-66
Date
1990
Publisher
Boston, Birkhäuser
Keywords
Laboratories
GR-TR
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