Boundary rigidity defined for hyperbolic spaces, tied to geometric properties.
problem Understanding boundary rigidity in Gromov hyperbolic spaces.
method Analyzing properties of Gromov hyperbolic spaces and their boundaries.
result Boundary rigidity is equivalent to positive Cheeger isoperimetric constant and non-amenability.
Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem.
problem Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. method Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. result Prove Gromov's Euclidean endpoint C0 rigidity conjecture for positive mass theorem. The study proves super-rigidity of Gromov's random monster group for various types of groups.
problem Super-rigidity of Gromov's random monster group in various group types.
method Proof of morphisms having finite image and introduction of hereditary super-rigidity.
result Gromov's random monster group has super-rigidity and hereditary super-rigidity with respect to certain groups.
Bi-invariant metrics on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces are extremal and rigid.
problem Gromov's question on extremality of bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups.
method Proving rigidity of bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups and homogeneous spaces.
result Bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups and homogeneous spaces are extremal and rigid.
New index theory proves Gromov's dihedral conjectures.
problem Comparisons and rigidity of scalar curvatures, mean curvatures, and dihedral angles.
method Developed a new index theory for manifolds with polyhedral boundary.
result Proved Gromov's dihedral extremality and rigidity conjectures.
Proof of Gromov's conjecture in 3D simplifies existing methods.
problem Gromov's dihedral rigidity conjecture on scalar curvature in 3D.
method Self-contained proof avoiding technical complications, shorter and more accessible than general case.
result Simplified proof of Gromov's conjecture in 3D.
3D spherical caps are rigid under certain perturbations.
problem Rigidity of 3D spherical caps under specific perturbations.
method Gromov's μ-bubble technique
result 3D spherical caps are rigid under perturbations that maintain metric, scalar curvature, and mean curvature.
Study uses equivariant topology to measure distances between G metric spaces.
problem Measuring distances between G metric spaces.
method Equivariant topology methods to derive lower bounds.
result Sharp bounds on Gromov Hausdorff distance between spheres.
Proves a quantitative index theorem for positive scalar curvature metrics.
problem Studying conjectures and open questions on positive scalar curvature.
method Quantitative relative index theorem and λ-Lipschitz rigidity theorem. result Positive answers to Gromov's open questions on scalar curvature.
Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
problem Gromov's flat corner domination conjecture and Stoker's conjecture for convex polyhedra.
method Same techniques applied to prove conjectures.
result Proves Gromov's conjecture and answers Stoker's polyhedron conjecture.
Close to complex projective spaces, Ricci shrinkers are rigid.
problem Rigidity of complex projective spaces in Ricci shrinkers.
method Proving isometry using Gromov-Hausdorff distance.
result Ricci shrinkers close to (CPN,gFS) are isometric to (CPN,gFS). New Gromov-Wasserstein metric controls rigidity and incorporates prior knowledge.
problem Inflexible Gromov-Wasserstein distance and lack of feature alignment.
method Augmented Gromov-Wasserstein distance with feature alignments and prior knowledge.
result Improved performance in single-cell multi-omic alignment and transfer learning.
The Levy-Gromov inequality states that round spheres have the least isoperimetric profile (normalized by total volume) among Riemannian manifolds with a fixed positive lower bound on the Ricci tensor. In this note we study critical metrics corresponding to the Levy-Gromov inequality and prove that, in two-dimensions, t…
Study shows rigidity of polyhedrons in hyperbolic spaces.
problem Rigidity of polyhedrons in hyperbolic spaces.
method Extending Gromov's comparison theory to metrics with negative scalar curvature lower bounds.
result Localization of the positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
Counterexample disproves key index computation in Gromov's conjecture paper.
problem Disproving an index computation in Gromov's conjecture paper.
method Constructing a counterexample to an index computation.
result Counterexample disproves the main result of the paper.
Maximal representations show strong entropy rigidity.
problem Entropy rigidity for maximal representations.
method Measurable hypertransversality, Gromov product, Bowen-Margulis-Sullivan measure.
result Strong entropy rigidity proved for maximal representations.
We analyze sub-Riemannian and lightlike metrics from the point of view of their rigidity as geometric structures. Following Cartan's and Gromov's formal definitions, they are never rigid, yet, in generic cases, they naturally give rise to rigid geometric structures!?
Quantitative rigidity theorem for Alexandrov spaces with curvature bounds.
problem Quantifying rigidity in Alexandrov spaces with curvature constraints.
method Using Gromov-Hausdorff distance and properties of Alexandrov spaces.
result Alexandrov spaces with curvature bounds are close to hyperbolic manifolds.
The paper proves a spacetime version of dihedral rigidity for cubes in 3D spacetime.
problem Proving dihedral rigidity for cubic initial data sets in 3D spacetime.
method By studying the level sets of spacetime harmonic functions and extending previous work on dihedral rigidity for prisms in hyperbolic space.
result The paper proves dihedral rigidity for cubes in 3D spacetime, extending previous results.
We prove a Lipschitz-Volume rigidity theorem for the non-collapsed Gromov-Hausdorff limits of manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below. This is a counterpart of the Lipschitz-Volume rigidity in Alexandrov geometry.
Polyhedra rigidity theorem in hyperbolic space proved.
problem Dihedral rigidity conjecture in hyperbolic 3-space.
method Comparison theorem for polyhedra in a 3-manifold with scalar curvature bounded below.
result Confirms Gromov dihedral rigidity conjecture in hyperbolic 3-space.
Paper proves new inequalities for Einstein-Maxwell data sets.
problem Establishing area-charge inequalities for Einstein-Maxwell initial data sets.
method Applying Gromov's μ-bubble technique in a new geometric context.
result Novel rigidity theorems for noncompact Einstein-Maxwell data sets.
Proof of Gromov's theorem on convex polytopes with acute angles.
problem Gromov's conjecture on extremal scalar curvature of convex polytopes.
method Smoothing construction using Dirac operator techniques.
result Detailed proof of Gromov's theorem.
Classifies mapping tori of specific groups, generalizing known results.
problem Classifying mapping tori of specific groups.
method Using Hopf-type properties and Poincaré Duality groups.
result Generalizes and provides new proofs for fibered 3-manifolds.
The study shows almost maximal volume entropy rigidity for certain manifolds with integral Ricci curvature.
problem Volume entropy rigidity for manifolds with lower integral Ricci curvature bound.
method Analyzing manifolds with specific integral Ricci curvature bounds, diameter, and volume entropy.
result The universal cover of the manifold is close to a hyperbolic space form under certain conditions.
In this paper the Gromov-Witten invariants on a class of noncompact symplectic manifolds are defined by combining Ruan-Tian's method with that of McDuff-Salamon. The main point of the arguments is to introduce a method dealing with the transversality problems in the case of noncompact manifolds. Moreover, the technique…
Smooth analog of Gromov's dihedral rigidity for 3D weakly convex domains.
problem Rigidity of 3D weakly convex domains with nonnegative scalar curvature.
method Capillary minimal surfaces and foliations with nonnegative mean curvature.
result Smooth analog of Gromov's dihedral rigidity for 3D weakly convex domains.
The paper proves geometric rigidity using harmonic twisted spinors and scalar curvature comparison.
problem Proving geometric rigidity for closed Riemannian spin manifolds with specific properties.
method Using Gromov's exact-lift two-form method and harmonic spinors to analyze scalar curvature.
result The original metric is Einstein, and the universal cover is real hyperbolic in the positive-spectrum case.
In this paper the notion of Measure Equivalence (ME) of countable groups is studied. ME was introduced by Gromov as a measure-theoretic analog of quasi-isometries. All lattices in the same locally compact group are Measure Equivalent; this is one of the motivations for this notion. The main result of this paper is ME r…
Round cylinders are rigid in Ricci shrinkers close to the standard product.
problem Proving rigidity of round cylinders in Ricci shrinkers.
method Proving isometry using pointed-Gromov-Hausdorff topology.
result Ricci shrinkers close to Sn−1imesR are isometric to Sn−1imesR. New theorem on spheres with punctures using infinity metric.
problem Rigidity of metrics on spheres with punctures.
method Proof of Llarull's theorem for L∞ metrics on spheres with finitely many points removed. result The rigidity theorem holds for L∞ metrics on spheres with finitely many points removed. New rigidity results for warped product domains.
problem Scalar curvature rigidity of domains in warped products.
method Developed a new connection on a twisted spinor bundle and associated Dirac operator.
result Obtained Llarull type scalar curvature rigidity for a general class of domains in a warped product.
We prove that certain volume preserving actions of Lie groups and their lattices do not preserve rigid geometric structures in the sense of Gromov. The actions considered are the "exotic" examples obtained by Katok and Lewis and the first author, by blowing up closed orbits in the well known actions on homogeneous spac…
New rigidity results for scalar curvature with stabilized conditions.
problem Establishing rigidity for scalar curvature with stabilized conditions.
method Construction of foliations and development of a monotone quantity using Ricci flow and heat equation.
result Generalized classical scalar curvature rigidity results to the \(T^{
times}\)-stabilized setting.
Convex hypersurfaces in curved spaces bound convex regions.
problem Characterizing convex hypersurfaces in curved spaces.
method Gauss-Codazzi equations, Schur comparison theorem, Alexandrov geometry.
result Closed convex hypersurfaces bound convex regions in curved spaces.
Generalizes rigidity of scalar curvature for convex domains.
problem Rigidity of scalar curvature for convex domains.
method Harmonic spinors on convex domains with boundary conditions constructed by Brendle.
result Rigidity results on comparison of scalar curvature and scaled mean curvature on the boundary for any convex domain.
Rigidity and almost rigidity of Sobolev inequalities on compact spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Characterizing and proving rigidity and almost rigidity of Sobolev inequalities on compact spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analysis of Riemannian manifolds and metric measure spaces with synthetic lower Ricci curvature bounds, using concentration compactness and Polya-Szego inequalities.
result Closed Riemannian manifolds with optimal Sobolev constant are isometric to the sphere, and almost equality implies close measure Gromov-Hausdorff convergence to a spherical suspension.
Study shows curvature rigidity of specific metric types.
problem Curvature rigidity of specific metric types.
method Spin geometry based arguments.
result Scalar curvature rigidity of specific metric types.
We consider actions of non-compact simple Lie groups preserving an analytic rigid geometric structure of algebraic type on a compact manifold. The structure is not assumed to be unimodular, so an invariant measure may not exist. Ergodic stationary measures always exist, and when such a measure has full support, we show…
Extends Gromov invariant to Calabi-Yau 3-folds.
problem Counting embedded curves in Calabi-Yau 3-folds.
method Detailed study of bifurcations of moduli spaces of embedded pseudo-holomorphic curves.
result Integer-valued virtual count of embedded curves defined.
The paper studies the limits and rigidity of almost homogeneous spaces with Ricci curvature bounds.
problem Understanding the limits and rigidity of almost homogeneous spaces with Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzes sequences of almost homogeneous RCD(K,N) spaces and their Gromov-Hausdorff limits.
result The Gromov-Hausdorff limit of a sequence of almost homogeneous RCD(K,N) spaces is a nilpotent Lie group with Ric ≥ K.
We study Riemannian manifolds with boundary under a lower Ricci curvature bound, and a lower mean curvature bound for the boundary. We prove a volume comparison theorem of Bishop-Gromov type concerning the volumes of the metric neighborhoods of the boundaries. We conclude several rigidity theorems. As one of them, we o…
A real valued function φ of one variable is called a metric transform if for every metric space (X,d) the composition dφ=φ∘d is also a metric on X. We give a complete characterization of the class of approximately nondecreasing, unbounded metric transforms φ such that the trans…
Paper proves rigidity of certain Ricci shrinkers.
problem Rigidity of Ricci shrinkers in specific spaces.
method Quantitative characterization, rigidity inequality, contraction and extension.
result Uniqueness of tangent flow for compact Ricci flows.
The paper proves rigidity for warped product spaces with degenerate ends.
problem Proving rigidity for warped product spaces with degenerate ends.
method Analyzing scalar curvature for specific classes of warped product spaces.
result Proves scalar curvature extremality and rigidity for certain degenerate spaces.
The comparison theory for the Riccati equation satisfied by the shape operator of parallel hypersurfaces is generalized to semi-Riemannian manifolds of arbitrary index, using one-sided bounds on the Riemann tensor which in the Riemannian case correspond to one-sided bounds on the sectional curvatures. Starting from 2-d…
Compact rank one symmetric spaces are rigid under certain curvature conditions.
problem Rigidity of compact rank one symmetric spaces under curvature constraints.
method Examined compact symmetric spaces with metric g0 of rank one, and another metric g with sectional curvature bounded by 0 to 1. result If g equals g0 outside a convex subset, then g is isometric with g0. By using a Borel density theorem for algebraic quotients, we prove a theorem concerning isometric actions of a Lie group G on a smooth or analytic manifold M with a rigid A-structure σ. It generalizes Gromov's centralizer and representation theorems to the case where R(G) is split solvable and $G/R(G…