The Degree Theorem in higher rank

Details The Degree Theorem in higher rank The Degree Theorem in higher rank

2001-01-05

arxiv.org/abs/math/0101044v1

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Differential Geometry

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Let M be any closed, locally symmetric n-manifold (n>1) of nonpositive curvature. Assume that M has no locally Euclidean factors and no factors locally isometric to SL(3,R). Then for any closed Riemannian manifold N and any continuous map f:N -> M, we show there is a C^1 representative in the homotopy class of f with Jacobian bounded by a universal constant C depending only on n and the smallest Ricci curvatures of N and M. This implies that deg(f)<= C Vol(N)/Vol(M). For M negatively curved this was proved by Gromov. Two corollaries of our result are that Minvol(N)>0 whenever deg(f)<>0 and a simple proof of G. Prasad's result that lattices in semi-simple Lie groups are co-Hopfian. We prove a version of all results for finite volume manifolds as well.

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