Projective structures are mostly rigid at the boundary but some are not.
problem Boundary rigidity of projective structures.
method Investigation of projective structures on manifolds with boundary.
result Existence of non-rigid projective structures and characterization of them.
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.
Sharp bounds on Alexandrov spaces' boundaries with rigidity analysis.
problem Volume bounds on Alexandrov spaces' boundaries.
method Sharp volume bounds and rigidity analysis of Alexandrov spaces.
result New sharp volume bounds and classification of rigidity cases.
Boundary rigidity proven for non-reversible Finsler metrics.
problem Recovering non-reversible Finsler metrics from boundary distance data.
method Sum of reversible Finsler norm and closed 1-form, boundary rigidity results.
result 1-form can be uniquely recovered from boundary distance data.
Scattering rigidity of a Riemannian manifold allows one to tell the metric of a manifold with boundary by looking at the directions of geodesics at the boundary. Lens rigidity allows one to tell the metric of a manifold with boundary from the same information plus the length of geodesics. There are a variety of results…
Researchers solve boundary and scattering rigidity problems for magnetic systems.
problem Recovering magnetic systems from boundary or scattering data.
method Reduced to magnetic systems and applied results from [DPSU07].
result Recovering MP-system up to a gauge. Paper proves rigidity of initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.
problem Rigidity of initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.
method Estimates area of MOTS, proves rigidity for 3D, extends to high dimensions using Yamabe constant.
result Rigidity results for initial data sets with boundary and capillary MOTS.
Paper shows regions close to negatively curved metrics are minimal fillings and rigid.
problem Boundary rigidity and minimality of metrics near negatively curved ones.
method Generalizes previous work on filling volume minimality and boundary rigidity for almost hyperbolic metrics.
result Regions with metrics close to a negatively curved symmetric metric are strict minimal fillings and boundary rigid.
Study rigidity of geodesic balls on manifolds with boundary.
problem Rigidity of geodesic balls on manifolds with boundary.
method Combining generalized Reilly formula with Steklov-type boundary value problems to derive integral inequalities.
result Characterizations of geodesic balls in space forms.
Groups acting on product trees are boundary rigid.
problem Understanding boundary rigidity of groups acting on product trees.
method Analyzing geometric actions and visual boundaries of groups.
result Visual boundaries of CAT(0) spaces are homeomorphic to a join of two Cantor sets.
We study Riemannian manifolds with boundary under a lower Bakry-E'mery Ricci curvature bound. In our weighted setting, we prove several rigidity theorems for such manifolds with boundary. We conclude a rigidity theorem for the inscribed radii, a volume growth rigidity theorem for the metric neighborhoods of the boundar…
Rigidity for 4D Willmore submanifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding critical points of Willmore energy with boundary conditions.
method Proving a 4-Willmore equation and establishing curvature estimates.
result Four dimensional Willmore submanifolds with totally geodesic boundary are umbilic.
New rigidity theorem on static manifolds with boundary.
problem Static metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Obata-type rigidity theorem, sufficient geometric conditions.
result Scalar curvature map can be locally surjective at static metrics on manifolds with boundary.
We study Riemannian manifolds with boundary under a lower N-weighted Ricci curvature bound for N at most 1, and under a lower weighted mean curvature bound for the boundary. We examine rigidity phenomena in such manifolds with boundary. We conclude a volume growth rigidity theorem for the metric neighborhoods of …
Extends rigidity and existence results for discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary.
problem Rigidity and existence of discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary.
method Axiomatic framework and classification of discrete conformal structures.
result Extends results by Guo-Luo and Guo to a general context.
Researchers prove rigidity of 2D manifolds from boundary geodesic lengths.
problem Reconstructing a Riemann surface from boundary geodesic lengths.
method Re-casting lens data as generalized Riemannian circles and solving a system of equations.
result Essentially optimal results on boundary and lens rigidity for 2D manifolds.
Develops slicing method to prove rigidity of scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Minimal slicing via capillary hypersurfaces to prove rigidity statements.
result Proves rigidity statement in dimension 4 for specific geometric conditions.
Study proves rigidity of capillary surfaces in curved 3D spaces.
problem Proving rigidity of capillary surfaces in curved 3D spaces.
method Local rigidity result for infinitesimally rigid capillary surfaces in Riemannian 3-manifolds with mean convex boundary.
result Bounds on genus, boundary components, and area of compact capillary minimal surfaces with low index.
Paper proves rigidity of 3-manifolds with boundary using modified Hawking mass.
problem Rigidity of 3-manifolds with boundary under specific geometric conditions.
method Area estimates for free boundary strictly stable two-disks, modified Hawking mass analysis.
result 3-manifolds with boundary are locally isometric to half anti-de Sitter-Schwarzschild manifold.
Study on recovering Lorentzian metrics from scattering data.
problem Recovering Lorentzian metrics from scattering data on a boundary.
method Analyzing the role of boundary distance functions and linearizing the light ray transform.
result Scattering rigidity can be reduced to boundary rigidity of magnetic systems.
Study proves rigidity of minimal hypersurfaces in specific manifolds.
problem Proving rigidity of complete free boundary minimal hypersurfaces.
method Warped θ-bubble method, generalizing capillary surfaces. result No complete two-sided stable free boundary immersions in unit ball of R4. The paper studies rigidity of sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
problem Rigidity of sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
method Introduced generalized Thurston's sphere packings and proved their rigidity properties.
result Generalized Thurston's sphere packings are locally determined by combinatorial scalar curvatures and cannot be deformed while keeping combinatorial Ricci curvatures fixed.
Proves rigidity of maps between balls with Hölder boundary continuity.
problem Rigidity of proper holomorphic maps between unit balls with Hölder boundary continuity.
method Proves rigidity for maps with symmetries and Hölder boundary continuity.
result Proves rigidity for maps with Hölder exponent > 1/2 on the boundary.
Proves rigidity of boundaries with constant mean curvature in warped product manifolds.
problem Rigidity and compactness of boundaries with constant mean curvature in warped product manifolds.
method Distributional CMC-rigidity proof for rectifiable boundaries.
result Characterizes limits of boundaries with converging mean curvatures.
Two Anosov metrics with same boundary distance are isometric.
problem Boundary rigidity for surfaces of Anosov type.
method Transfer principle linking marked length spectrum rigidity to marked boundary distance rigidity.
result Two metrics of Anosov type with the same marked boundary distance are isometric.
Study on magnetic field and potential systems to prove rigidity results.
problem Proving rigidity for magnetic field and potential systems.
method Explicit relation between ray transform and magnetic one, applying results from [DPSU07].
result Existence of a generic set of simple MP-systems with the same boundary action function must be k-gauge equivalent.
New characterizations for manifolds with boundary rigidity results.
problem Rigidity results for compact gradient Einstein-type manifolds with boundaries.
method Analyzing manifolds with rigidity results and characterizations.
result New topological and geometric characterizations for manifolds with boundaries.
Study Poisson boundaries of building lattices and generalize rigidity results.
problem Understanding Poisson boundaries of building lattices and their rigidity properties.
method Proved Poisson boundaries and used them to generalize rigidity results.
result Generalized rigidity results for morphisms and cocycles from lattices in buildings to groups with negative curvature.
In this paper we consider the lens rigidity problem with partial data for conformal metrics in the presence of a magnetic field on a compact manifold of dimension ≥3 with boundary. We show that one can uniquely determine the conformal factor and the magnetic field near a strictly convex (with respect to the magne…
Rigidity theorem for curved manifolds with boundary.
problem Proving that certain curved manifolds are uniquely determined by their lens data.
method Analyzing lens data and using properties of Anosov type metrics.
result Local lens rigidity holds for negatively-curved manifolds and metrics of Anosov type.
New method proves rigidity of minimal hypersurfaces in curved 4-manifolds.
problem Proving rigidity of minimal hypersurfaces in curved 4-manifolds.
method Combining nonnegative 2-intermediate Ricci curvature and strict positivity of scalar curvature, extending Chodosh-Li-Stryker method.
result Rigidity of two-sided free boundary stable minimal hypersurfaces in 4-manifolds with bounded geometry and weakly convex boundary.
Proves rigidity for specific initial data sets under the dominant energy condition.
problem Rigidity of initial data sets with boundary and convex polytopes.
method Solution of boundary value problems for Dirac operators and approximations by manifolds with smooth boundary.
result Proves rigidity for compact smooth spin manifolds and convex polytopes under the dominant energy condition.
We study the boundary and lens rigidity problems on domains without assuming the convexity of the boundary. We show that such rigidities hold when the domain is a simply connected compact Riemannian surface without conjugate points. For the more general class of non-trapping compact Riemannian surfaces with no conjugat…
The study proves a rigidity theorem for compact manifolds with boundary.
problem Rigidity of compact manifolds with boundary in low dimensions.
method Dimension reduction argument for mean curvature, extending Schoen-Yau's for scalar curvature.
result Sharp spherical radius rigidity and best NNSC fill-in in terms of mean curvature.
Study recovers Lorentzian metrics from boundary data, proving local rigidity.
problem Recovering a Lorentzian metric from scattering data on a boundary.
method Analyzes jet and real analyticity of metrics near lightlike points.
result Metric can be recovered up to gauge transformations near lightlike strictly convex points.
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.
This paper is a continuation of our paper about boundary rigidity and filling minimality of metrics close to flat ones. We show that compact regions close to a hyperbolic one are boundary distance rigid and strict minimal fillings. We also provide a more invariant view on the approach used in the above mentioned paper.
Area-charge inequalities and local rigidity of free boundary MOTS in charged initial data sets
problem Area-charge inequalities and local rigidity of free boundary MOTS in charged initial data sets
method Area-charge inequalities and local rigidity of free boundary MOTS in charged initial data sets
result Prove area-charge inequalities for free boundary MOTS in initial data sets for the Einstein-Maxwell equations with vanishing magnetic fields
Study on ALH manifolds with boundary, showing surjectivity of scalar curvature map and mass rigidity.
problem Characterizing ALH manifolds with boundary and their mass.
method Scalar curvature deformation analysis and mass rigidity study.
result ALH manifolds that minimize mass integrals are characterized.
Study on static manifolds with boundary and rigidity of curvature.
problem Understanding the rigidity of scalar curvature and mean curvature on manifolds with boundary.
method Analyzing maps of scalar curvature in the interior and mean curvature on the boundary, discussing geometric properties of static manifolds.
result Classification and rigidity theorems for simple non-generic domains in space forms and Schwarzschild manifold.
We prove a local splitting theorem for three-manifolds with mean convex boundary and scalar curvature bounded from below that contain certain locally area-minimizing free boundary surfaces. Our methods are based on those of Micallef and Moraru. We use this local result to establish a global rigidity theorem for area-mi…
The study of rigidity theorems on 4-manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding topological restrictions on 4-manifolds with boundary.
method Introducing new conformal and smooth invariants, studying Weyl functional, and analyzing the expansion of a smooth Riemannian metric near the boundary.
result Established several conformally invariant rigidity theorems for 4-manifolds with boundary.
Study finds rigid properties of boundary-free hypersurfaces in specific data sets.
problem Rigidity of free boundary hypersurfaces in initial data sets with boundary.
method Extending local splitting theorems and applying results on free boundary MOTS.
result Rigidity results for compact free boundary hypersurfaces in initial data sets with boundary.
Rigidity theorem for special metrics on 4-manifolds.
problem Rigidity of Bach-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Critical point analysis of Weyl energy with boundary conditions.
result Rigidity of critical metrics on upper hemisphere.
New discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary, proving global rigidity and constructing hyperbolic metrics.
problem Creating new discrete conformal structures on surfaces with boundary.
method Introducing new discrete conformal structures, proving global rigidity using variational principles, and introducing combinatorial curvature flows.
result Global rigidity of new discrete conformal structures and effective algorithms for constructing hyperbolic metrics.
The paper studies rigid sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
problem Investigating rigid sphere packings on 3D manifolds with boundary.
method Introducing generalized sphere packings, proving rigidity, introducing combinatorial curvature flows.
result Generalized sphere packing metrics are determined by combinatorial scalar curvature.
We survey some results on travel time tomography. The question is whether we can determine the anisotropic index of refraction of a medium by measuring the travel times of waves going through the medium. This can be recast as geometry problems, the boundary rigidity problem and the lens rigidity problem. The boundary r…
Study rigidifies Einstein-type manifolds with boundary and constant curvature.
problem Classifying compact Einstein-type manifolds with boundary and constant scalar curvature.
method Applied recent results on gradient Einstein-type manifolds to prove rigidity.
result Rigidity results for compact Einstein-type manifolds with boundary and constant scalar curvature.