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Is there a generalization of the Diameter Sphere Theorem to orbifolds?

The Diameter Sphere Theorem of Grove and Shiohama asserts that if $M$ is a compact Riemannian manifold with sectional curvature bounded from bellow by 1 and diameter greater than $\pi/2$, then $M$ is ...
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Good orbifold and Ricci flow with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\Sigma$

An orbifold $\mathcal O$ is a metrizable topological space equipped with an atlas modeled on $\Bbb R^n/\Gamma, \Gamma<O(n)$ finite. Let $\Sigma$ be the singular locus i.e. points modeled on $\...
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Higher homotopy groups of an orbifold

Given an orbifold $\mathcal{O}$, I have seen many ways to define the orbifold fundamental group: Thinking of $\mathcal{O}$ as a groupoid $\mathcal{G}$, $\pi_1^{orb}(\mathcal{O})$ can be defined as ...
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Quotient of Euclidean space with maximal volume growth

Let $\Gamma$ be a discrete subgroup of the isometry group of $\mathbb R^n$ and $O=\mathbb R^n/\Gamma$ is the orbifold. If there exists a point $p \in O$ such that $$ \lim_{r \to \infty}\frac{\text{...
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Einstein's field equation on orbifolds

I was wondering if there is some kind of Einstein's field equation for orbifolds (say semi-Riemannian of Lorentz signature if this make sense). Here, by an orbifold I mean the "stacky" quotient of, ...
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Seek "typical examples" for the structure of spaces with two-sided Ricci bounds

By a 1990 paper of Michael Anderson, the following is true: Theorem. Let the metric space $(X,d,p)$ be a pointed Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of complete pointed Riemannian manifolds $(M_i,...
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Is there a Chern-Gauss-Bonnet theorem for orbifolds?

There's a Gauss-Bonnet theorem for compact 2-orbifolds(due to Satake, I think), which gives a relation between the curvature of a Riemannian orbifold and the orbifold topology(i.e. taking into account ...
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