diff b34550f..56bc728 three_manifold_no_conjugate_v2.txt
diff --git a/three_manifold_no_conjugate_v2.txt b/three_manifold_no_conjugate_v2.txt index 6ec7d4f..39717b3 100644 --- a/three_manifold_no_conjugate_v2.txt +++ b/three_manifold_no_conjugate_v2.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ NOTATION CONVENTION T, gamma': tangent to a geodesic gamma p^T : transpose of matrix/vector p v' : derivative of a function v - Inline math uses $...$ like LaTeX. The file is plain text. + Inline math uses ... like LaTeX. The file is plain text. ================================================================ @@ -116,29 +116,6 @@ from (b) and the Ivanov-Kapovitch equivalence for closed 3-manifolds. ================================================================ -PART 3. PROOF ROADMAP -================================================================ - -The proof splits into two logically independent halves. - -HALF A (topological). Nonpositive curvature is impossible. - Part 4: define M as a specific gluing of two copies of Sigma x S^1. - Part 5: prove pi_1(M) cannot act on any CAT(0) space as above. - Conclusion: parts (b), (c), (d) of the theorem. - -HALF B (geometric). A metric without conjugate points exists. - Part 6: build a specific smooth metric g on M. Outside a small - "neck" (0,1) x T^2, g has sec <= 0. Inside the neck, g is - a cleverly warped family of flat tori. - Part 7: classify the possible geodesic passages through the neck. - Parts 8-9: compute the second variation and bound its index form - below, uniformly in every passage. - Part 10: sum over all passages, deduce no conjugate points, and - combine with Part 5 to finish. - -Part 11 is an appendix: an explicit hyperbolic punctured torus, used -as the "core" of each product piece in Part 6. - PART 4. THE MANIFOLD M ================================================================