Abstract
For a complete noncompact 3-manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, we prove that either it is diffeomorphic to ℝ3 or the universal cover splits. This confirms Milnor's conjecture in dimension 3.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-375 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Inventiones Mathematicae |
| Volume | 193 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |