Abstract
We present a proof of the Milnor conjecture in dimension 3 based on Cheeger–Colding theory on limit spaces of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below. It is different from [17] that relies on minimal surface theory.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Professor Xiaochun Rong and Professor Jeff Cheeger for suggestions during the preparation of this paper.
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