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On a conjecture of Green

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2001

CHENGBO YUE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Penn. State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA (e-mail: yue@math.psu.edu)
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Abstract

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Green [5] conjectured that if $M$ is a closed Riemannianmanifold of negative sectional curvature such that the meancurvatures of the horospheres through each point depend only onthe point, then $V$ is a locally symmetric space of rank one. Heproved this in dimension two. In this paper we prove that underGreen's assumption, $M$ must be asymptotically harmonic andthat the geodesic flow on $M$ is $C^{\infty}$ conjugate to that ofa locally symmetric space of rank one. Combining this with therecent rigidity theorem of Besson–Courtois–Gallot [1], itfollows that Green's conjecture is true for all dimensions.

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1997 Cambridge University Press