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Chin．Quart3．of Math． 2007，22(4)：55 一551 A New Proof of Calabi．。 U’S Theorem FU Xiao—yong (Department of Mathematics，Zhongshan University，Guangzhou 510275，China) Abstract：Wle give a new proof of Calabi．Yau’S theorem on the volume growth of e- mannian manifolds with non．negative Ricci curvature． Key words：Riemannian manifold；Volume growth；Ricci curvature 2000 MR Subject Classification：53C20．53C21 CLC number：0186 Document code：A Article ID：1002—0462(20071 04—0550—02 The well-known Calabi-Yau’S theorem on the volume growth of Riemannian manifolds with non—negative Ricci curvature can be stated a8 follows． Theorem 1(Calabi-Yau) Let M be a complete noncompact n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature，then for all P∈M ， (r) cr for some C0．Where (r)denotes the volume of the geodesic ball centered at P with radius r． There have been several proofs of this theorem．See 【1】1【2】．In this note，we shall give a-new one．First，we recallthe definitions of Busemannfunction，subharmonic and strictly subharmonic function． Definition 1 Let M”be a complete noncompact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold． and let 7 be a geodesic ray from a fixed point O∈M，then the Busemann function^associated to，y is defined as： ^( ) Jim(t—d(。，，y(t))) Received date：2005 12 01 Foundation item：Supposed by NSFC(10271 121) Biography：FU Xiao-yong(1970一)，male，native of Xingan，Jiangxi，an associate professor of Zhongshan University,Ph．D．，engages in geometric analysis． NO．4 FU Xiao-yong：A New Proof of Calabi — Yau，s The0r．em 551 for any z∈M ． Definition 2 A continuous function，：M _÷R is called subharmonic(resp