Explicit presentations found for asymptotically rigid mapping class groups.
problem Understanding the structure of asymptotically rigid mapping class groups.
method Using a graph of groups structure, we compute explicit presentations.
result Computed explicit presentations for asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of surfaces.
The Witten spinorial argument has been adapted in several works over the years to prove positivity of mass in the asymptotically AdS and asymptotically hyperbolic settings in arbitrary dimensions. In this paper we prove a scalar curvature rigidity result and a positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifol…
Study on topological rigidity of ALE vector bundles with specific conditions.
problem Classifying ALE vector bundles with asymptotically conical total spaces.
method Topological classification and geometric analysis of ALE vector bundles.
result Only 2-sphere, projective plane, and open contractible manifolds admit ALE tangent bundles.
In this paper, we prove a rigidity theorem of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds only under the assumptions on curvature. Its proof is based on analyzing asymptotic structures of such manifolds at infinity and a volume comparison theorem.
Paper proves rigidity for Einstein metrics in high dimensions.
problem Einstein metrics on high-dimensional manifolds.
method Liouville type rigidity result for asymptotically hyperbolic metrics.
result Established a rigidity theorem for d≥5. The paper proves rigidity and ε-regularity theorems for Ricci shrinkers.
problem Understanding the structure and behavior of Ricci shrinkers.
method Proving rigidity and ε-regularity theorems for Ricci shrinkers using entropy and curvature.
result Non-compact Ricci shrinkers are asymptotic to cones under certain curvature conditions.
Study on finiteness properties of handlebody mapping class groups.
problem Understanding finiteness properties of asymptotically rigid handlebody groups.
method Introduced asymptotically rigid mapping class groups and determined their finiteness properties based on the space of ends of handlebodies.
result Homology of these groups coincides with stable homology of handlebody groups in some cases.
Study on Einstein manifolds linking stability and rigidity.
problem Einstein manifold rigidity and stability.
method Review of linear and dynamical stability, scalar curvature rigidity.
result Relation between stability and rigidity of Einstein manifolds.
Study mapping class groups on CAT(0) cube complexes.
problem Asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of infinitely-punctured surfaces.
method Introduced CAT(0) cube complexes and determined their properties.
result Determined CAT(0) properties of cube complexes.
The paper studies rigidity and continuity in nonlinear elasticity on manifolds and hypersurfaces.
problem Rigidity and continuity properties of elastic bodies in non-Euclidean settings.
method Geometric rigidity estimates, asymptotic rigidity of elastic membranes, simplified geometric proof of continuous dependence.
result Established geometric rigidity estimate and proved asymptotic rigidity of elastic membranes.
We prove the rigidity of positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. Namely, if the mass equality holds, then the manifold is isometric to hyperbolic space. The result was previously proven for spin manifolds or under special asymptotics.
In the spirit of Otal and Croke, we prove that a negatively-curved asymptotically hyperbolic surface is boundary distance rigid, where the distance between two points on the boundary at infinity is defined by a renormalized quantity.
The study examines rigidity properties of noncompact manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
problem Rigidity of open manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and asymptotic cones.
method Analysis of asymptotic cones, orbit growth order, and geometric rigidity.
result If an asymptotic cone contains a Euclidean space, the first Betti number is bounded and the manifold is flat.
Alternative approach to rigidity of high-dimensional isometric immersions.
problem Rigidity of high-dimensional isometric immersions between compact manifolds.
method Quantitative rigidity estimates, reducing to Euclidean setting and applying Friesecke-James-Müller rigidity estimate.
result Quantitative results showing close proximity to isometric immersions for small stretching and bending energy.
We consider the boundary rigidity problem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. We show injectivity of the X-ray transform in several cases and consider the non-linear inverse problem which consists of recovering a metric from boundary measurements for the geodesic flow.
New formulas for hyperbolic mass using horospheres.
problem Mass calculation of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
method Geometric formulas derived using coordinate horospheres.
result Improved rigidity results of hyperbolic space.
The study finds monotonic properties of harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with a flat end.
problem Understanding harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with specific ends.
method Derives monotonic properties of positive harmonic functions on 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and asymptotically flat ends.
result Rigidity characterization of spatial Schwarzschild manifolds with two ends.
Paper generalizes inscribed radius estimate to hyperbolic Einstein manifolds.
problem Bounding inscribed radius in asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifolds.
method Generalized inscribed radius estimate to AH Einstein manifolds, combining recent work.
result Rigidity result achieved for upper bound of relative volume.
Proves Green function rigidity for specific operators and obtains new ADM mass formula.
problem Proving Green function rigidity for specific operators and obtaining new ADM mass formula.
method Positive mass theorem and positive energy theorem for Paneitz operator.
result Obtained new formula for the ADM mass of asymptotically flat hypersurfaces.
A rigidity result for weakly asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds with lower bounds on Ricci curvature is proved without assuming that the manifolds are spin. The argument makes use of a quasi-local mass characterization of Euclidean balls from \cite{Miao} \cite{S_T} and eigenfunction compactification ideas from \cite{Q…
We use the notion of intrinsic flat distance to address the almost rigidity of the positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. In particular, we prove that a sequence of spherically symmetric asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds satisfying the conditions of the positive mass theorem converges to hyper…
The paper proves energy theorems for specific initial data sets in 3D spacetime.
problem Establishing energy theorems for specific initial data sets in 3D spacetime.
method Analysis of level sets of spacetime harmonic functions.
result Rigidity results showing vanishing total energy imply isometric manifolds.
The paper proves a rigidity theorem for null geodesic travel times in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.
problem Determining if a spacetime is conformally AdS based on null geodesic travel times.
method Analyzing all null geodesics from a point to its antipodal point, considering various spacetime conditions.
result The spacetime is conformally AdS if and only if all null geodesics from a point refocus at its antipodal point.
Rigidity theorem shows massless hyperboloidal data embeds into Minkowski space.
problem Characterizing massless initial data sets in General Relativity.
method Precise decay estimates for spinors on harmonic level sets.
result Asymptotically hyperboloidal IDS with zero mass embed isometrically into Minkowski space.
Rigidity results for asymptotically locally hyperbolic manifolds with lower bounds on scalar curvature are proved using spinor methods related to the Witten proof of the positive mass theorem. The argument is based on a study of the Dirac operator defined with respect to the Killing connection. The existence of asympto…
In this paper we prove a rigidity result for the equality case of the Penrose inequality on 3-dimensional asymptotically flat manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and corners. Our result also has deep connections with the equality cases of Theorem 1 in \cite{Miao2} and Theorem 1.1 in \cite{LM}.
Sharp curvature estimates for mean curvature flow in spheres.
problem Understanding the behavior of surfaces evolving under mean curvature flow in spheres.
method Proving asymptotically sharp curvature pinching estimates and using them to derive derivative and convexity estimates.
result Partial classification of singularity models and new rigidity results for ancient solutions.
Paper presents a new Pohozaev-Schoen identity for non-compact manifolds.
problem Analyzing geometric problems on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds.
method Develops a generalized Pohozaev-Schoen identity for these manifolds.
result Shows applications including rigidity results for Ricci-solitons and Codazzi-solitons.
The paper proves rigidity for shells in non-Euclidean spaces.
problem Proving rigidity for shells in non-Euclidean spaces.
method Analyzing a stretching plus bending functional of an elastic shell in a Riemannian manifold.
result A sequence of immersions of asymptotically vanishing energy converges to an isometric immersion of the shell.
Paper proves rigidity theorems for AE Q-singular spaces.
problem Analyzing Q-curvature on AE manifolds. method Introducing a fourth order energy and rewriting it in terms of a fourth order Ricci-like tensor.
result Yamabe positive J-flat AE manifolds are isometric to Euclidean space. Study on k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds, focusing on energy and entropy.
problem Understanding the growth rate and asymptotic behavior of k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds. method Proved results on the asymptotic behavior of high energy k-surfaces, including upper bounds and rigidity theorems. result Determined a rigid upper bound for the growth rate of quasi-Fuchsian k-surfaces in negatively curved 3-manifolds. Researchers prove rigidity of first conformal Steklov eigenvalue on specific shapes.
problem Rigidity of the first conformal Steklov eigenvalue on annuli and Möbius bands.
method Proof relies on uniqueness results, compactness theorem, and asymptotic control of Steklov eigenvalues.
result Rigidity of the first conformal Steklov eigenvalue on annuli and Möbius bands proved.
Study on scalar-flat Kahler 4-manifolds with a continuous symmetry.
problem Understanding scalar-flat Kahler 4-manifolds with a Killing field.
method Analysis of manifolds with a Killing field and asymptotic conditions.
result Rigidity results that restrict the behavior of scalar-flat Kahler manifolds at infinity.
Paper proves rigidity for Ricci solitons with specific conditions.
problem Understanding the properties of Ricci solitons under various conditions.
method Analyzes shrinking and expanding Ricci solitons with specific constraints.
result Compact shrinking Ricci solitons are Einstein if the potential function is controlled.
Prove rigidity and classification results for quasilinear Liouville equation on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
problem Quasilinear Liouville equation on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Prove rigidity and classification results for the quasilinear Liouville equation associated with the n-Laplacian on complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature. result Under a sharp logarithmic lower bound, the ambient manifold must be isometric to the Euclidean space and the solution must be one of the standard bubbles.
Given a geodesic inside a simply-connected, complete, non-positively curved Riemannian (NPCR) manifold M, we get an associated geodesic inside the asymptotic cone Cone(M). Under mild hypotheses, we show that if the latter is contained inside a bi-Lipschitz flat, then the original geodesic supports a non-trivial, orthog…
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.
We show that an almost Hermitian manifold (M,g) of real dimension 4n which is strongly asymptotic to CH2n and satisfies a certain scalar curvature bound must be isometric to the complex hyperbolic space. Assuming Kähler instead of almost Hermitian this gives the already known rigidity result by H. Bou…
This paper generalizes a rigidity result of complex hyperbolic spaces by M. Herzlich. We prove that an almost Hermitian spin manifold (M,g) of real dimension 4n+2 which is strongly asymptotic to $\hyp{\C}^{2n+1}$ and satisfies a certain scalar curvature bound must be isometric to the complex hyperbolic space. The f…
In this note we prove a global rigidity result for asymptotically flat, scalar flat Euclidean hypersurfaces with a minimal horizon lying in a hyperplane, under a natural ellipticity condition. As a consequence we obtain, in the context of the Riemannian Penrose conjecture, a local rigidity result for the family of exte…
It is well-know that Hawking mass is nonnegative for a stable constant mean curvature (CMC) sphere in three manifold of nonnegative scalar curvature. R. Bartnik proposed the rigidity problem of Hawking mass of stable CMC spheres. In this paper, we show partial rigidity results of Hawking mass for stable CMC spher…
Study shows how compact shapes can be rigidly mapped into complete manifolds.
problem Rigidity of isometric immersions in complete manifolds.
method Local quantitative rigidity estimates, reduced to Euclidean setting.
result Subsequence of immersions converges to an isometric immersion.
We consider complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds with quadratically decaying lower Ricci curvature bounds and minimal volume growth. We first prove a rigidity result showing that ends with strongly minimal volume growth are isometric to warped product manifolds. Next we consider the almost rigid case in which manif…
Study uses renormalized area to determine metric expansion from minimal surfaces.
problem Recovering the expansion of asymptotically hyperbolic metrics from minimal surfaces.
method Uses renormalized area functional on minimal submanifolds to recover metric expansion.
result Proves rigidity for log-analytic metrics and determines obstruction tensor.
Constructs foliations of critical surfaces for Hawking energy in asymptotically flat initial data sets.
problem Positivity and rigidity of Hawking quasi-local energy in asymptotically flat spacetimes.
method Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction within a Willmore-foliation framework.
result Existence and uniqueness of foliations by Hawking surfaces, positivity and large-sphere limit of Hawking energy.
Study counts surface subgroups in curved 3D manifolds.
problem Count surface subgroups in curved 3D manifolds.
method Solve foliated Plateau problem in Cartan-Hadamard manifolds.
result Prove rigidity for lower bound on surface subgroup count.
Formula derived for mass of almost Kähler manifolds, extending previous results.
problem Calculating mass in almost Kähler geometry.
method SpinC adaptation of Witten's proof, extending previous complex-geometric methods. result Explicit formula for ADM mass in terms of Hermitian scalar curvature and topological data.
Unified definition of mass aspect function for weakly regular hyperbolic manifolds.
problem Ambiguity in mass definition for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
method Introduced an ADM-style mass aspect function for broad asymptotics and low regularity.
result Unified mass aspect function exhibits favorable covariance properties.