Paper defines cosymplectic conformal connections and shows their curvature implications.
problem Understanding conformal connections in cosymplectic manifolds.
method Introduced a cosymplectic analogue of conformal connections and proved curvature properties.
result If a cosymplectic manifold admits a cosymplectic conformal connection of zero curvature, its Bochner curvature tensor vanishes.
No conformal product structures on compact manifolds with constant curvature.
problem Existence of conformal product structures on compact manifolds with constant curvature.
method Analyzing non-flat manifolds and irreducible, compact locally symmetric spaces of non-positive curvature.
result Compact non-flat manifolds with constant sectional curvature admit no conformal product structure.
Unique conformal metrics found on certain manifolds.
problem Finding unique conformal metrics with constant Q-curvature.
method Proving uniqueness on manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
result Only metrics of the form λg with λ>0 are constant Q-curvature.
Revisits conformal metrics with finite Q-curvature, providing necessary and sufficient conditions.
problem Understanding conformal metrics with finite total Q-curvature.
method Introduces conformal mass and provides necessary and sufficient conditions for normality.
result Derives volume comparison theorems and proves a positive mass type theorem related to Q-curvature.
Constructs metrics with negative curvature on specific manifold types.
problem Creating negatively curved metrics on locally conformally flat manifolds.
method Using Morse functions to construct conformal metrics.
result Successfully constructs conformal metrics with negative sectional curvature.
Study negative scalar curvature metrics with positive boundary mean curvature.
problem Bounding conformal metrics with specific curvature properties.
method Analyzing Riemannian manifolds with boundary conditions.
result A priori boundedness of metrics in specific cases.
The study preserves upper bounds of total scalar curvature in conformal classes.
problem Preserving upper bounds of total scalar curvature in conformal classes.
method Analyzing Yamabe constant and scalar curvature conditions.
result The upper bound condition of total scalar curvature is preserved in a conformal class.
Constructs conformal metrics with negative curvature on manifolds with boundary.
problem Creating conformal metrics with negative curvature on manifolds with boundary.
method Using Morse functions to construct conformal metrics and proving results for compact 3-manifolds with boundary.
result Any Riemannian metric on compact 3-manifolds with boundary is conformal to a compact metric of negative sectional curvature.
The paper studies conformally flat cubic metrics with isotropic curvature, finding they must be Minkowski.
problem Understanding conformal properties of cubic metrics with isotropic scalar curvature.
method Analyzing the conformal flatness and isotropic scalar curvature of cubic metrics.
result Cubic metrics with weakly isotropic scalar curvature must be Minkowski metrics.
Study finds conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
problem Finding conditions for conformal deformations to constant scalar curvature in conic metrics.
method Analyzes conformal deformations within a class of incomplete Riemannian metrics that generalize conic orbifold singularities.
result Determines sufficient conditions for the existence of a conformal deformation to a conic metric with constant scalar curvature -1.
In this note we study the conformal metrics of constant Q curvature on closed locally conformally flat manifolds. We prove that for a closed locally conformally flat manifold of dimension n≥5 and with Poincarë exponent less than 2n−4, the set of conformal metrics of positive constant Q and positive …
The paper examines compactness of scalar curvature sequences on conformal manifolds.
problem Compactness of sequences of Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
method Analyzes the conformal case of Riemannian manifolds, focusing on compactness and convergence properties.
result Compactness of conformal factors and C0 convergence away from a singular set. We study uniqueness of positive solutions to the conformal scalar curvature equation on complete Riemannian manifolds with constant negative scalar curvature. We apply the results to show that conformal transformations on certain complete Riemannian manifolds of constant negative scalar curvature are isometries. We als…
Analytic plane curves determine unique conformal coordinates.
problem Determining a conformal coordinate system for analytic plane curves.
method Holomorphic continuation of the Frenet curvature form.
result Holomorphic continuation of the curvature form uniquely determines a conformal coordinate net.
Compact locally conformal Kähler manifolds with constant Chern holomorphic sectional curvature are necessarily Kähler.
problem Chern version of the constant holomorphic sectional curvature conjecture for compact locally conformal Kähler manifolds
method Prove the conjecture using curvature identities and properties of Kähler metrics
result Compact locally conformal Kähler manifolds with constant Chern holomorphic sectional curvature are necessarily Kähler
Local flatness theorem for paraquaternionic contact structures.
problem Local flatness of paraquaternionic contact manifolds.
method Defined paraquaternionic contact conformal curvature tensor and showed local flatness condition.
result Paraquaternionic contact conformal curvature vanishing implies local flatness.
The paper proves uniformization for specific curvature types on manifolds.
problem Uniformizing fourth order conformal curvature on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proving existence of conformal deformations for specific curvature conditions.
result Existence of conformal deformations for positive Yamabe invariant and total Q-curvature.
The paper bends Riemannian manifolds to achieve metrics with negative Ricci curvature.
problem Achieving metrics with negative Ricci curvature on closed Riemannian manifolds.
method Solving a fully nonlinear equation to conformally bend the manifold.
result Metrics of quasi-negative Ricci curvature are conformal to metrics with negative Ricci curvature.
In this paper we first use the result in [12] to remove the assumption of the L2 boundedness of Weyl curvature in the gap theorem in [9] and then obtain a gap theorem for a class of conformally compact Einstein manifolds with very large renormalized volume. We also uses the blow-up method to derive curvature est…
Study Minkowski formula for conformal Killing-Yano 2-forms in constant curvature spacetimes.
problem Derive Minkowski formula for conformal Killing-Yano 2-forms.
method Analyze spacetime Alexandrov theorem with a free boundary.
result Established spacetime Alexandrov theorem with a free boundary.
An identity of conformal-projective curvature tensor of a statistical manifold is studied in this paper. The relation between the constancy of curvature and conformal-projective flatness of statistical manifolds is also discussed.
New curvature measures for 4D manifolds with corners defined and related to Gauss-Bonnet.
problem Defining curvature measures for 4D manifolds with corners.
method Defined two new extrinsic curvature quantities, one conformal invariant, and a new conformally invariant operator.
result Gauss-Bonnet theorem reformulated in terms of new curvature measures.
A tensor invariant is defined on a quaternionic contact manifold in terms of the curvature and torsion of the Biquard connection involving derivatives up to third order of the contact form. This tensor, called quaternionic contact conformal curvature, is similar to the Weyl conformal curvature in Riemannian geometry an…
The paper defines and explores Clairaut conformal submersions in Riemannian geometry.
problem Defining and characterizing Clairaut conformal submersions.
method Analyzing necessary and sufficient conditions, deriving geometric properties, and providing examples.
result Clairaut conformal submersions have constant dilation along fibers and are harmonic.
Study on curvature functions for compact manifolds with boundary.
problem Understanding curvature functions on compact manifolds with boundary.
method Proves necessary and sufficient conditions for geodesic and Gaussian curvature, solves problems in the pointwise conformal case.
result New existence and nonexistence results for metrics with prescribed curvature, depending on Euler characteristic.
A local classification of the Hermitian manifolds with flat associated connection is given. Hermitian manifolds admitting locally a conformal metric with flat associated connection are characterized by a curvature identity. Locally conformal Kaehler manifolds as well as Hermitian surfaces with vanishing associated conf…
Yamabe flow proves compactness of certain locally conformally flat manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Proving compactness of locally conformally flat manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method Using the Yamabe flow to prove compactness.
result Locally conformally flat manifolds with positive pinched Ricci curvature are compact.
The study confirms positivity of Q-curvatures for specific conformal metrics.
problem Analyzing positivity of Q-curvatures for conformal metrics with certain properties.
method Examined a specific form of conformal metric and used properties of Q-curvatures to prove positivity.
result Lower order Q-curvatures are also positive under certain conditions.
Study finds conditions for metrics on curved spaces.
problem Finding metrics with specific curvature properties.
method Analyzes a conformal class with prescribed scalar and boundary mean curvatures.
result Establishes a necessary and sufficient condition involving a conformal invariant.
Classifies metrics with specific curvature properties on a ball.
problem Classifying conformal metrics with constant σk curvature and constant boundary mean curvature. method Uses the Obata-Escobar argument to classify metrics on the upper hemisphere.
result Extends a result of Escobar for k=1 to include positive and negative cones. The conformal properties of complex Finsler metrics are studied. We give a characterization of a compact complex Finsler manifold to be globally conformal Kähler. The critical points of the total holomorphic curvature and total Ricci curvature in the volume preserved conformal classes are studied. The stability of crit…
We characterize manifolds which are locally conformally equivalent to either complex projective space or to its negative curvature dual in terms of their Weyl curvature tensor. As a byproduct of this investigation, we classify the conformally complex space forms if the dimension is at least 8. We also study when the Ja…
We construct continuously parametrised families of conformally invariant boundary operators on densities. These may also be viewed as conformally covariant boundary operators on functions and generalise to higher orders the first-order conformal Robin operator and an analogous third-order operator of Chang-Qing. Our fa…
We study the problem of deforming a Riemannian metric to a conformal one with nonzero constant scalar curvature and nonzero constant boundary mean curvature on a compact manifold of dimension n≥3. We prove the existence of such conformal metrics in the cases of n=6,7 or the manifold is spin and some other remai…
The paper introduces combinatorial curvature and flow for polyhedral surfaces, proving rigidity and solving the Yamabe problem.
problem Discrete conformal structures on polyhedral surfaces and their rigidity.
method Parameterized combinatorial curvature, combinatorial α-Ricci flow, and flow extension through singularities.
result Existence and convergence of combinatorial α-Ricci flow for solving the Yamabe problem.
Classifies hypersurfaces with specific curvature properties in 4D space.
problem Classifying hypersurfaces with three distinct principal curvatures in 4D space.
method Used classification results for hypersurfaces in R4, S3imesR, and H3imesR to derive new classifications. result Alternative classification of cyclic conformally flat hypersurfaces in R4. New method approximates Gaussian curvature on discrete surfaces.
problem Approximating solutions to the prescribed Gaussian curvature problem.
method Discrete conformality and convex functional minimization.
result Efficient numerical method to compute solutions.
We study when the Jacobi operator associated to the Weyl conformal curvature tensor has constant eigenvalues on the bundle of unit spacelike or timelike tangent vectors. This leads to questions in the conformal geometry of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds which generalize the Osserman conjecture to this setting. We also stu…
The paper tackles scalar curvature on manifolds conformal to tori, proving stability under certain conditions.
problem Proving the geometric stability conjecture for scalar curvature on manifolds conformal to tori.
method Reduction via the Yamabe problem and handling sequences of manifolds conformal to flat tori or constant negative scalar curvature.
result Proves the geometric stability conjecture for certain sequences of manifolds conformal to flat tori.
Minimal surfaces in harmonic conformally flat space are studied.
problem Minimal surfaces in harmonic conformally flat space.
method Variational geometry approach focusing on mean curvature and Willmore functionals.
result Critical points of mean curvature functional are homeomorphic to the sphere.
In this paper the geometry of normal metric contact pair manifolds is studied under the flatness of conformal, concircular and quasi-conformal curvature tensors. It is proved that a conformal flat normal metric contact pair manifold is an Einstein manifold with a negative scalar curvature and has positive sectional cur…
Study curvature operators in 4n-dimensional manifolds, finding new conformal invariants.
problem Analyzing curvature operators in oriented Riemannian 4n-manifolds.
method Examining finite systems of hafnian identities in eigenvalues, focusing on locally conformally flat cases.
result Discovering a new conformal invariant in dimensions 4n, related to nonnegativity of Euler characteristic.
Modified construction for conformal structures with twistor spinors.
problem Geometric construction and characterization of conformal structures.
method Geometric construction and characterization of 2n-dimensional split-signature conformal structures. result Explicit geometrically constructed Fefferman-Graham ambient metric with vanishing Q-curvature. New examples show positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary that cannot be extended.
problem Positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with boundary that cannot be extended.
method Analytic techniques related to the prescribed scalar curvature problem in conformal geometry.
result Obstruction to positivity of conformal Laplacians given by a real-valued ξ-invariant.
The study solves a problem in conformal geometry with applications to Q-curvature.
problem Existence of solutions to conformally invariant equations.
method Volume comparison theorems and volume rigidity theorems with respect to Q-curvature.
result Sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of solutions to conformally invariant equations.
The paper studies deformation of discrete conformal structures on surfaces using combinatorial curvature flows.
problem Finding piecewise constant curvature metrics on surfaces with prescribed combinatorial curvatures.
method Combinatorial curvature flows, including Ricci flow and Calabi flow, are applied to deform Glickenstein's discrete conformal structures.
result The solution of the combinatorial Ricci flow can be uniquely extended and converges exponentially fast for any initial value under certain conditions.
Study local curvature estimates and existence of conformal metrics on noncompact manifolds.
problem Deriving local C0-estimates and existence of conformal metrics with prescribed curvature. method Utilizing Aviles-McOwen's result and its nonlinear extension, combined with asymptotic conditions.
result Proved existence of complete conformal metrics with prescribed curvature functions.
In this paper we prove that under a lower bound on the Ricci curvature and an asymptotic assumption on the scalar curvature, a complete conformally compact manifold (Mn+1,g), with a pole p and with the conformal infinity in the conformal class of the round sphere, has to be the hyperbolic space.