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The fundamental group of compact manifolds without conjugate points

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Christopher B. Croke & Viktor Schroeder

  2. Mathematisches Institut, Rheinsprung 21, Basel

    Christopher B. Croke & Viktor Schroeder

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Research supported by NSF Grant MCS-01780, the Sloan Foundation, and M.S.R.I.

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Croke, C.B., Schroeder, V. The fundamental group of compact manifolds without conjugate points. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 61, 161–175 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02621908

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