The paper studies critical metrics on a specific type of manifold.
problem Investigating critical metrics on almost Kenmotsu manifolds.
method Introducing and studying the ∗-Miao-Tam critical equation on (2n+1)-dimensional (k,μ)′-almost Kenmotsu manifolds. result If a (2n+1)-dimensional (k,μ)′-almost Kenmotsu manifold satisfies the ∗-Miao-Tam critical equation, it is ∗-Ricci flat and locally isometric to a specific product of manifolds. Study critical metrics on manifolds with boundary using integral and boundary estimates.
problem Investigate geometry of critical metrics on compact manifolds with boundary.
method Use generalized Reilly's formula to derive integral and boundary estimates.
result Establish new boundary estimates for critical metrics of the volume functional.
New findings on Chern flat metrics and their criticality.
problem Understanding critical Hermitian metrics on Chern flat manifolds.
method Analyzing Chern flat manifolds as compact quotients of complex Lie groups and studying their criticality.
result Chern flat metrics on semi-simple Lie groups are torsion-critical and vice versa.
The minimal number of critical points is studied for smooth functions on closed manifolds.
problem Determining the minimal number of critical points for smooth functions on closed manifolds.
method Investigates cylindrical ball neighborhoods and exotic critical points, proving the conjecture for certain types of critical points.
result The minimal number of critical points is the same for smooth functions without exotic critical points on closed manifolds of dimension at least 6.
We study the space of smooth Riemannian structures on compact three-manifolds with boundary that satisfies a critical point equation associated with a boundary value problem, for simplicity, Miao-Tam critical metrics. We provide an estimate to the area of the boundary of Miao-Tam critical metrics on compact three-manif…
Study critical quasilinear equations on Riemannian manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Investigate critical quasilinear elliptic equations on Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.
method Utilize a new nonlinear Kato inequality and Cheng-Yau type gradient estimates for positive solutions.
result Classify positive solutions to the critical p-Laplace equation and show rigidity concerning the ambient manifold. Critical metrics on four-dimensional manifolds are either Einstein or product of two-dimensional manifolds.
problem Classifying critical metrics of a curvature functional on complete four-dimensional manifolds.
method Analyzing the curvature operator and energy condition to prove metric properties.
result Complete four-dimensional manifolds with finite energy are either Einstein or product of two-dimensional manifolds.
Solves Besse conjecture on 3D manifolds, proving metric rigidity.
problem Besse conjecture on 3D compact manifolds
method Analytical proof of critical point equation
result Proves rigidity of Miao-Tam metric
The paper classifies cosymplectic manifolds with critical metrics in dimension 3.
problem Classifying cosymplectic manifolds with critical metrics.
method Study of Chern-Hamilton energy functional on compact cosymplectic manifolds.
result Classification of manifolds admitting critical compatible metrics in dimension 3.
We disprove the generalized Chern-Hamilton conjecture on the existence of critical compatible metrics on contact 3-manifolds. More precisely, we show that a contact 3-manifold (M,α) admits a critical compatible metric for the Chern-Hamilton energy functional if and only if it is Sasakian or its associated Reeb fl…
Study critical metrics on manifolds, proving specific isometries.
problem Investigating critical metrics on complete manifolds.
method Analyzing volume functional and proving isometries.
result Critical metrics on specific manifolds are isometric to standard models.
To each isolated critical point of a smooth function on a 3-manifold we put in correspondence a tree (graph without cycles). We will prove that functions are topologically equivalent in the neighborhoods of critical points if and only if the corresponding trees are isomorphic. A complete topological invariant of functi…
The paper proves critical point results for Frechet manifolds.
problem Finding critical points in the context of Frechet manifolds.
method Using a deformation result and sufficient conditions for the Palais-Smale condition.
result Proves a mountain pass theorem and three critical points theorem.
New Morse-Bott function defined on Stiefel manifolds, revealing complex critical structures.
problem Defining Morse-Bott functions on non-linear Stiefel manifolds.
method Replacing linear height function with a quadratic one, proving it as a Morse-Bott function.
result Critical submanifolds are fibrations of products of Grassmannians, not Grassmannians themselves.
Riemannian gradient descent escapes some spurious critical points on low-rank matrix manifold.
problem Spurious critical points on the boundary of low-rank matrix manifold.
method Riemannian gradient descent with dynamical low-rank approximation and rescaled gradient flow.
result Riemannian gradient descent escapes some spurious critical points on the boundary of the manifold.
Extends Gauduchon's result to higher dimensions, showing balanced metrics.
problem Understanding critical metrics in higher-dimensional Hermitian manifolds.
method Analyzes the functional of L2-norm of torsion 1-form and full Chern torsion. result Critical metrics are balanced in all dimensions.
Solves local minima problems on smooth manifolds.
problem Local minima issues on smooth manifolds.
method Introducing valley functions and applying Morse's lemma.
result Eliminates critical points and reduces to 1D.
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.
We find a resonance free region polynomially close to the critical line on Conformally compact manifolds with polyhomogeneous metric.
Surfaces in 3-manifolds concentrate at curvature critical points.
problem Understanding concentration of surfaces in 3-manifolds.
method Proving surfaces concentrate at critical points of scalar curvature.
result Simply connected H-surfaces concentrate at curvature critical points.
New metrics found in hyperbolic manifolds as volume-minimizers.
problem Finding critical points of volume-renormalized mass.
method Critical points of the volume-renormalized mass over asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
result V-static metrics are critical points of volume-renormalized mass.
In this article, we investigate the geometry of critical metrics of the volume functional on an n-dimensional compact manifold with (possibly disconnected) boundary. We establish sharp estimates to the mean curvature and area of the boundary components of critical metrics of the volume functional on a compact manifol…
Smooth manifolds have functions with exactly two critical values.
problem Characterizing manifolds with specific Reeb functions.
method Proving existence of Reeb functions with prescribed critical values.
result Characterization of manifolds in dimensions 3 and n≥5 using Reeb functions.
Formula for critical points of chi fields on manifolds.
problem Computing critical points of chi fields on general manifolds.
method Semi-analytic formula using Kac-Rice argument and Hessian matrix representation.
result Expression for expected value of critical points in high-threshold limit.
Study on manifolds that map to lower dimensions with specific critical points.
problem Characterizing manifolds that map to Rn−1 with round fold maps. method Analyzing smooth n-dimensional closed manifolds with n≥4 and classifying round fold maps up to C∞ A--equivalence. result Determine which manifolds admit round fold maps into Rn−1 and classify these maps. Given a parallel calibration φ∈Ωp(M) on a Riemannian manifold M, I prove that the φ--critical submanifolds with nonzero critical value are minimal submanifolds. I also show that the φ--critical submanifolds are precisely the integral manifolds of a C∞(M)--linear subspace $\sP \subset Ω^p(M…
Characterizes infinite harmonic maps using 1-currents.
problem Defines critical points of a non-differentiable functional.
method Uses subdifferential and geometric condition in terms of 1-currents.
result Geometric condition equivalent to criticality in terms of 1-currents.
We provide an isoperimetric inequality for critical metrics of the volume functional with nonnegative scalar curvature on compact manifolds with boundary. In addition, we establish a Weitzenböck type formula for critical metrics of the volume functional on four-dimensional manifolds. As an application, we obtain a clas…
Researchers extend Godbillon-Vey functional to almost contact manifolds, finding critical structures.
problem Finding optimal almost contact manifolds using the Godbillon-Vey functional.
method Introduced a Godbillon-Vey type functional for 3D almost contact manifolds and found its Euler-Lagrange equations.
result Constructed critical 3D almost contact manifolds with double-twisted product structure.
Characterizes CR manifolds as critical points of an energy functional.
problem Understanding homogeneous three-dimensional CR manifolds.
method Uses an energy functional dependent on Webster curvature and torsion.
result Identifies Rossi spheres as a specific type of critical point.
The aim of this paper is to classify three dimensional compact Riemannian manifolds (M3,g) that admits a non-constant solution to the equation −Δfg+Hessf−fRic=μRic+λg, for some special constants (μ,λ), under assumption that the manifold has cyclic parallel Ricci tensor. Namely, the structures that we will…
The paper proves new rigidity results for critical metrics of quadratic curvature functionals.
problem Proving rigidity of critical metrics for specific quadratic curvature functionals.
method Rigidity results for conformal vector fields, ODE argument, and new pointwise and integral estimates.
result Critical metrics are rigid under specific conditions.
New approach to Z-stability and critical metrics on Kähler manifolds.
problem Determining Z-stability and existence of Z-critical metrics on Kähler manifolds. method Equivariant localisation applied to integrals over test configurations.
result Existence of Z-critical metrics is equivalent to Z-stability. Paper proves conjecture about Einstein metrics on manifolds with positive isotropic curvature.
problem Proving the Besse conjecture for metrics with positive isotropic curvature.
method Analyzing the critical point equation and using properties of metrics with positive isotropic curvature.
result The Besse conjecture is true for metrics with positive isotropic curvature.
The goal of this paper is to study weakly Einstein critical metrics of the volume functional on a compact manifold M with smooth boundary ∂M. Here, we will give the complete classification for an n-dimensional, n=3 or 4, weakly Einstein critical metric of the volume functional with nonnegative scalar …
In this paper we introduce "critical surfaces", which are described via a 1-complex whose definition is reminiscent of the curve complex. Our main result is that if the minimal genus common stabilization of a pair of strongly irreducible Heegaard splittings of a 3-manifold is not critical, then the manifold contains an…
The paper simplifies complex 2D functions near their critical points.
problem Simplifying smooth functions on 2-manifolds near critical points.
method Explicit construction of coordinate changes to canonical form.
result Estimates the radius of required neighbourhoods for specific singularity types.
We study closed n-dimensional manifolds of which the metrics are critical for quadratic curvature functionals involving the Ricci curvature, the scalar curvature and the Riemannian curvature tensor on the space of Riemannian metrics with unit volume. Under some additional integral conditions, we classify such manifol…
We compute the minimum number of critical points of a small codimension smooth map between two manifolds. We give as well some partial results for the case of higher codimension when the manifolds are spheres.
The paper classifies contact 3-manifolds with critical metrics and connects entropy to optimization.
problem Classifying contact 3-manifolds with critical metrics and understanding their entropy.
method Critical metrics optimization and entropy analysis.
result Anosov contact metrics' optimization is linked to Reeb dynamics and entropy.
Let f be a smooth Morse function on an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert manifold, all of whose critical points have infinite Morse index and co-index. For any critical point x choose an integer a(x) arbitrarily. Then there exists a Riemannian structure on M such that the corresponding gradient flow of f has the f…
Study on metrics maximizing eigenvalues of Paneitz operator on 4-manifolds.
problem Investigating metrics maximizing eigenvalues of Paneitz operator.
method Critical points of eigenvalues of Paneitz operator on Riemannian metrics with fixed volume.
result Critical metrics associated with extrinsic conformal-harmonic maps into round spheres.
Critical points of scale-invariant curvature energies in 4D are analytic.
problem Analyzing critical points of curvature energies in 4D manifolds.
method Applying Noether's theorem to identify conservation laws and lower order elliptic system of PDEs, then using integrability by compensation and interpolation theory.
result Critical points of scale-invariant curvature energies in 4D are analytic.
Critical surfaces are defined by Bachman as topological index 2 surfaces, generalizing incompressible surfaces and strongly irreducible surfaces. In this paper we give a condition to obtain critical Heegaard surfaces by amalgamation. As a special case, we obtain critical Heegaard surfaces by boundary stabilization. It …
Generalizes inequality for complete manifolds involving homology classes.
problem Volume and simplicial volume inequality for closed manifolds.
method Extends inequality to ℓ1-norm of homology classes on complete manifolds. result Inequality involving critical exponent and mass of homology classes.
Proves critical points of ADM mass correspond to specific initial data sets.
problem Finding initial data sets with fixed Bartnik boundary data.
method Proves existence of critical points on a Banach manifold.
result Critical points of ADM mass correspond to initial data sets with generalized Killing vector fields.
We prove that the number of critical points of a Li-Tam Green's function on a complete open Riemannian surface of finite type admits a topological upper bound, given by the first Betti number of the surface. In higher dimensions, we show that there are no topological upper bounds on the number of critical points by con…
Proves mass-capacity inequalities for critical area-normalized capacitors, improving Schwarzschild metric uniqueness.
problem Proving mass-capacity inequalities for critical area-normalized capacitors.
method Analyzes asymptotically flat manifolds with boundary capacity potential satisfying an overdetermined problem.
result Improves Schwarzschild metric uniqueness and results for spin asymptotically flat spacetimes.