Preissman's theorem


In Riemannian geometry, a field of mathematics, Preissman's theorem is a statement that restricts the possible topology of a negatively curved compact Riemannian manifold M. Specifically, the theorem states that every non-trivial abelian subgroup of the fundamental group of M must be isomorphic to the additive group of integers, Z.
A corollary of Preissman's theorem is that the n-dimensional torus, where n is at least two, admits no Riemannian metric of negative sectional curvature.