We show that any closed manifold with a metric of nonpositive curvature that admits either a single point rank condition or a single point curvature condition has positive simplicial volume. We use this to provide a differential geometric proof of a conjecture of Gromov in dimension three.
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Indiana Univ, Dept Math, Rawles Hall 105,831 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USAIndiana Univ, Dept Math, Rawles Hall 105,831 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
Connell, Chris
Wang, Shi
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Indiana Univ, Dept Math, Rawles Hall 105,831 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USAIndiana Univ, Dept Math, Rawles Hall 105,831 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA