An almost K\"ahler Cheeger--Gromoll splitting theorem with applications

Abstract

In this paper, we establish an almost K\"ahler analogue of the Cheeger--Gromoll splitting theorem for complete almost K\"ahler manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. As applications, we use the splitting to obtain Goldberg-type integrability results and establish a relation between symplectic non-hyperbolicity and nonnegative Ricci curvature via a theorem of Bangert.