Polynomial growth harmonic functions on connected sums of complete Riemannian manifolds

Let M be a connected sum of complete Riemannian manifolds satisfying the volume doubling condition and the Poincaré inequality. We prove that the space of polynomial growth harmonic functions on M is finite dimensional whenever M has finitely many ends and satisfies the finite covering condition on each end. This result directly generalizes that of Tam, and it also partially generalizes that of Colding and Minicozzi II.