On the Fundamental Group of Manifolds of Non-positive Curvature.
We prove theorems on the structure of the fundamental group of a compact riemannian manifold of non-positive curvature. In particular, a conjecture of J. Wolf [J. Differential Geometry, 2, 421-446 (1968)] is proved.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720.