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Compactness theorem for manifolds with boundary proved.

Study of convergence in Lorentzian spacetimes using temporal functions.

For a sequence $\{(M_i, g_i, x_i)\}$ of pointed Riemannian manifolds with boundary, the sequence $\{(M_i,\tilde g_i,x_i)\}$ is its conformal satellite if the metric $\tilde g_i$ is conformal to $g_i$, that is, $\tilde g_i=u^{\frac{4}{n-2}}_ig_i$. Assuming the manifolds $(M_i,g_i,x_i)$ have uniformly bounded geometry, w…

We prove that, if M is a compact oriented manifold of dimension 4k+3, where k>0, such that pi_1(M) is not torsion-free, then there are infinitely many manifolds that are homotopic equivalent to M but not homeomorphic to it. To show the infinite size of the structure set of M, we construct a secondary invariant tau_(2):…

Generalizes Candel's theorem on curvature of laminated surfaces.

Compactness theorem for Riemannian manifolds with volume and curvature bounds.

Study of Bach flow on specific nilmanifolds, converging to a soliton.

In arXiv:1005.3255 we proved an orbifold Cheeger-Gromov compactness theorem for complete 4d Ricci shrinkers with a lower bound for the entropy, an upper bound for the Euler characterisic, and a lower bound for the gradient of the potential at large distances. In this note, we show that the last two assumptions in fact …

In this paper, we study the volume growth property of a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold $X$. We improve the volume growth theorem of Calabi (1975) and Yau (1976), Cheeger, Gromov and Taylor (1982). Then we use our new result to study gradient Ricci solitons. We also show that on $X$, for any $q\in (0,\infty)$,…

The paper proves a compactness theorem for spaces with Bakry-Emery Ricci tensor.

A fundamental tool in the analysis of Ricci flow is a compactness result of Hamilton in the spirit of the work of Cheeger, Gromov and others. Roughly speaking it allows one to take a sequence of Ricci flows with uniformly bounded curvature and uniformly controlled injectivity radius, and extract a subsequence that conv…

Proves stability of convex spheres with similar geodesic lengths.

The paper studies Sasaki-Ricci solitons on Sasakian manifolds up to seven dimensions.

In this note we show the convergence of the fundamental solutions of the parabolic equations assuming the Cheeger-Gromov convergence of the underlying manifolds and the uniform $L^1$-bound of the solutions. We also prove a local integral estimate of fundamental solutions.

This paper surveys aspects of the convergence and degeneration of Riemannian metrics on a given manifold M - the Cheeger-Gromov theory - and extensions thereof to Ricci curvature in place of full curvature. This theory is then applied to study a collection of different issues in mathematical aapects of General Relativi…

The paper shows convergence of Sasaki-Ricci flow on Sasakian 5-manifolds.

We prove precompactness in an orbifold Cheeger-Gromov sense of complete gradient Ricci shrinkers with a lower bound on their entropy and a local integral Riemann bound. We do not need any pointwise curvature assumptions, volume or diameter bounds. In dimension four, under a technical assumption, we can replace the loca…

We present new lower bounds on the complexity of Dehn surgery manifolds of knots, using our recent result on the Cheeger-Gromov rho invariants and triangulations. As an application, we give explicit examples of closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds with fixed first homology for which the gap between the Gromov norm and the com…

Solves linearity problem for acyclic groups, bounds Cheeger-Gromov ρ-invariants.

In this paper, we prove that Kähler-Ricci flow converges to a Kähler-Einstein metric (or a Kähler-Ricci soliton) in the sense of Cheeger-Gromov as long as an initial Kähler metric is very closed to $g_{KE}$ (or $g_{KS}$) if a compact Kähler manifold with $c_1(M)>0$ admits a Kähler Einstein metric $g_{KE}$ (or a Kähler-…

We study the four dimensional Ricci flow with the help of local invariants. If $(M^4, g(t))$ is a solution to the Ricci flow and $x \in M^4$, we can associate to the point $x$ a one-parameter family of curves, which lie in the product of two projective lines. This allows us to reformulate the Cheeger-Gromov-Hamilton Co…

Study of curvature flow on complex Lie groups, leading to soliton convergence.

We give a complementary generalization of the extensions of Bonnet-Myers theorem obtained by Calabi and also Cheeger-Gromov-Taylor.

Enhanced bounds on rho-invariants for 3-manifolds.

Study harmonic flow of Spin(7)-structures on compact 8-manifolds.

Study on Kähler-Ricci flow and conformal submersion singularity formation.

The study bounds invariants of PL manifolds and counts complexity of lens spaces.

The paper defines signatures for Witt spaces with boundary and proves their equality.

We establish existence of the eta-invariant as well as of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer and the Cheeger-Gromov rho-invariants for a class of Dirac operators on an incomplete edge space. Our analysis applies in particular to the signature, the Gauss-Bonnet and the spin Dirac operator. We derive an analogue of the Atiyah-Pato…

Ancient solutions of hypersurface flows in Euclidean spaces are constructed and analyzed.

This paper continues our exploration of homology cobordism of 3-manifolds using our recent results on Cheeger-Gromov rho-invariants associated to amenable representations. We introduce a new type of torsion in 3-manifold groups we call hidden torsion, and an algebraic approximation we call local hidden torsion. We cons…

The macroscopic version of Urysohn width for scalar curvature is disproven in high dimensions.

Study geometric structure of Ricci shrinker ends without global curvature assumptions.

Ricci flow converges to Taub-NUT metric under specific conditions.

Study of pluriclosed flow on Oeljeklaus-Toma manifolds, showing convergence to a soliton.

The paper studies a flow on complex Lie groups, showing convergence to solitons.

Cheeger and Gromov showed that F-structures are related to collapse with a double-sided curvature bound. We define fibered F-structures and extend some of the Cheeger-Gromov results to the setting of collapse with a lower bound on the curvature operator.

We investigate the Hermitian curvature flow (HCF) of left-invariant metrics on complex unimodular Lie groups. We show that in this setting the flow is governed by the Ricci-flow type equation $\partial_tg_{t}=-{\rm Ric}^{1,1} (g_t)$. The solution $g_t$ always exist for all positive times, and $(1 + t)^{-1}g_t$ converge…

We introduce a new perspective on the classical Nirenberg problem of understanding the possible Gauss curvatures of metrics on $S^{2}$ conformal to the round metric. A key tool is to employ the smooth Cheeger-Gromov compactness theorem to obtain general and essentially sharp a priori estimates for Gauss curvatures $K$ …

In this paper we show that the convergence of complete Kahler-Einstein hypersurfaces in complex torus in the sense of Cheeger-Gromov will canonically degenerate the underlying manifolds into "pair of pants" decomposition. We also construct minimal Lagrangian tori that represent the vanishing cycles of the degeneration.

We show that for any solvable Lie group of real type, any homogeneous Ricci flow solution converges in Cheeger-Gromov topology to a unique non-flat solvsoliton, which is independent of the initial left-invariant metric. As an application, we obtain results on the isometry groups of non-flat solvsoliton metrics and Eins…

Paper studies Einstein vacuum equations with low regularity data.

The paper extends Bonnet-Myers theorems using Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature.

Solves existence of gravitating vortices with positive curvature.

The paper proves the existence of Sasaki-Einstein metrics on specific Sasakian manifolds.

In this paper, we study curvature behavior at the first singular time of solution to the Ricci flow on a smooth, compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$, $\frac{\partial}{\partial t}g_{ij} = -2R_{ij}$ for $t\in [0,T)$. If the flow has uniformly bounded scalar curvature and develops Type I singularities at $T$, us…

We study complexities of 3-manifolds defined from triangulations, Heegaard splittings, and surgery presentations. We show that these complexities are related by linear inequalities, by presenting explicit geometric constructions. We also show that our linear inequalities are asymptotically optimal. Our results are used…

We obtain new lower bounds of the minimal genus of a locally flat surface representing a 2-dimensional homology class in a topological 4-manifold with boundary, using the von Neumann-Cheeger-Gromov $ρ$-invariant. As an application our results are employed to investigate the slice genus of knots. We illustrate examples …