Nonnegative Ricci Curvature and Uniformly Convex Boundary Forces Compactness

Abstract

We confirm a compactness conjecture of M. Li. If a complete Riemannian manifold has nonnegative Ricci curvature and uniformly convex boundary in the sense that the second fundamental form satisfies $h\ge 1$. Then we prove it is compact, and consequently has finite fundamental group. The proof uses monotone quantities constructed via positive proper harmonic functions with Neumann condition.

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