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Connectedness Of The Boundary In The AdS/CFT Correspondence

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arxiv hep-th/9910245 v1 pith:5XHLHVP5 submitted 1999-10-29 hep-th

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Let $M$ be a complete Einstein manifold of negative curvature, and assume that (as in the AdS/CFT correspondence) it has a Penrose compactification with a conformal boundary $N$ of positive scalar curvature. We show that under these conditions, $H_n(M;Z)=0$ and in particular $N$ must be connected. These results resolve some puzzles concerning the AdS/CFT correspondence.

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