2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/68734This paper was withdrawn by the author due to an error in the proof of the main result; essentially the parameter R used in the proof may depend on the manifold (M, g), not just on dimension and pinching constant.This paper has been withdrawnDifferential GeometryEinstein metrics on some exotic negatively curved manifoldstext