The paper examines complete Yamabe solitons with finite total scalar curvature.
problem Characterizing complete Yamabe solitons with specific curvature properties.
method Analyzing steady or shrinking complete gradient Yamabe solitons with finite total scalar curvature and non-positive Ricci curvature.
result Steady or shrinking complete gradient Yamabe solitons with finite total scalar curvature and non-positive scalar curvature have zero scalar curvature.
The study examines how average scalar curvature influences geometric properties of Riemannian manifolds.
problem Investigating the geometric properties of Riemannian manifolds influenced by average scalar curvature.
method Analyzing the conjugate radius, average area of geodesic spheres, average volume of metric balls, and total volume of closed manifolds.
result Improves the Bishop-Gromov estimate on the average volume of metric balls and proves monotone decreasing properties of certain geometric integrals.
In this article we show that any finite cover of the moduli space of closed Riemann surfaces of g genus with g≥2 does not admit any complete finite-volume Hermitian metric of non-negative scalar curvature. Moreover, we also show that the total mass of the scalar curvature of any almost Hermitian metric, which i…
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.
Characterizes metrics with finite total Q-curvature and introduces new volume entropy.
problem Understanding metrics with finite total Q-curvature and their geometric properties.
method Characterization of metrics through total Q-curvature and introduction of new volume entropy.
result Controlled volume growth for complete metrics with finite total Q-curvature and bounded scalar curvature.
We obtain some nonexistence results for complete noncompact stable hyppersurfaces with nonnegative constant scalar curvature in Euclidean spaces. As a special case we prove that there is no complete noncompact strongly stable hypersurface M in R4 with zero scalar curvature S2, nonzero Gauss-Kronecker…
In this note, we give a geometric characterization of the compact and totally umbilical hypersurfaces that carry a non trivial locally static Killing Initial Data (KID). More precisely, such compact hypersurfaces have constant mean curvature and are isometric to one of the following manifolds: (i) Sn the standard spher…
Minimal hypersurfaces in S^5 with specific curvature properties are totally geodesic.
problem Characterizing minimal hypersurfaces in S^5 with certain curvature conditions.
method Analyzing hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature and zero Gauss curvature.
result Minimal hypersurfaces in S^5 with these curvature properties are totally geodesic.
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.
Totally geodesic hypersurfaces in a sphere have small total curvature.
problem Characterizing hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in a sphere.
method Analyzing the total curvature of locally conformally flat hypersurfaces.
result Hypersurfaces with small total curvature are totally geodesic.
We study the supremum of the total mean curvature on the boundary of compact, mean-convex 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature, and a prescribed boundary metric. We establish an additivity property for this supremum and exhibit rigidity for maximizers assuming the supremum is attained. When the boundary consis…
Totally geodesic minimal hypersurfaces in H5 with specific curvature properties.
problem Characterizing minimal hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space with certain curvature conditions.
method Analyzing properties of minimal hypersurfaces in H5 with constant scalar curvature and zero Gauss-Kronecker curvature. result Any complete minimal hypersurface in H5 with constant scalar curvature and zero Gauss-Kronecker curvature is totally geodesic. The study preserves lower bounds of total scalar curvature under specific metric convergence.
problem Preserving lower bounds of total scalar curvature on smooth manifolds.
method Used stability of Ricci flow and heat flow with Ricci flow background.
result Lower bound of weighted total scalar curvature is preserved under specified convergence conditions.
Paper proves conjecture about critical metrics with divergence-free Bach tensor.
problem Proving conjecture about critical metrics with specific curvature properties.
method Used divergence-free Bach tensor to prove conjecture.
result Proved conjecture about critical metrics with divergence-free Bach tensor.
Study on nonspin manifolds with spin boundary, showing nonconnectedness and nontrivial fundamental group.
problem Understanding spaces of positive scalar curvature metrics on totally nonspin manifolds.
method Analysis of positive scalar curvature metrics on manifolds with spin boundary, using propagation techniques.
result Spaces of positive scalar curvature metrics are not connected and have nontrivial fundamental groups for certain dimensions.
The paper proves gap properties for critical metrics under specific conditions.
problem Proving gap properties for critical metrics under divergence-free Bach tensor condition.
method Analyzing critical point equation of total scalar curvature with divergence-free Bach tensor.
result Proves gap properties for n≥5 and a similar condition for n=4. We solve the modified Kazdan-Warner problem of finding metrics with prescribed scalar curvature and unit total volume.
We show that a complete m-dimensional immersed submanifold M of Rn with a(M)<1 is properly immersed and have finite topology, where a(M)∈[0,∞] is an scaling invariant number that gives the rate that the norm of the second fundamental form decays to zero at infinity. The class of submanifol…
The paper characterizes D'Atri spaces using total scalar curvature of hemispheres.
problem Characterizing D'Atri spaces using geometric properties.
method Characterization of D'Atri spaces via total scalar curvature of geodesic hemispheres.
result A 3D Riemannian manifold is a D'Atri space if and only if the total scalar curvature of tubes about geodesic segments holds.
Totally geodesic submanifolds in spheres have restricted curvature properties.
problem Characterizing submanifolds in spheres based on curvature conditions.
method Analyzing normal curvature, scalar curvature, and second fundamental form conditions.
result Compact pseudo-umbilical submanifolds in spheres are totally geodesic under specific curvature conditions.
Constructs metrics for surfaces to show uniform positive scalar curvature.
problem Proving positive scalar curvature on surfaces and their bundles.
method Constructs complete Riemannian metrics on total spaces of vector bundles.
result Shows total space of tangent bundles on non-torus surfaces admit uniform positive scalar curvature.
We consider an asymptotically flat Riemannian spin manifold of positive scalar curvature. An inequality is derived which bounds the Riemann tensor in terms of the total mass and quantifies in which sense curvature must become small when the total mass tends to zero.
Study bounds total mean curvature of fill-ins with scalar curvature constraints.
problem Bounding total mean curvature of fill-ins with scalar curvature constraints.
method Combines techniques from Shi-Tam, Shi-Wang-Wei, and recent work on systolic inequality.
result Sharp constant for total mean curvature estimate when boundary metric is flat.
Directly applies Kazdan--Warner results to prescribe scalar curvature on bundles.
problem Prescribing scalar curvature functions on bundles.
method Direct application of Kazdan--Warner results and variational methods.
result Determines which functions are realizable as scalar curvature functions on bundles.
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.
On a compact n-dimensional manifold, it has been conjectured that a critical point metric of the total scalar curvature, restricted to the space of metrics with constant scalar curvature of unit volume, will be Einstein. This conjecture was proposed in 1984 by Besse, but has yet to be proved. In this paper, we prove th…
Proves properties of 4-manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
problem Characterizing 4-manifolds with specific scalar curvature properties.
method Analyzes locally conformally flat metrics and uses Schoen's conjecture.
result Affirmatively answers Noronha's question about 4-manifolds with scalar curvature zero.
The following results are proved: Theorem 1. A totally real semiparallel submanifold of constant curvature with parallel f-structure in the normal bundle of a Kähler manifold N is flat or a totally geodesic submanifold of N. Theorem 2. A totally real minimal semiparallel submanifold M with parallel f-structure in the n…
Study on totally real submanifolds in (LCS)n-manifolds.
problem Characterizing properties of totally real submanifolds in (LCS)n-manifolds. method Analysis of submanifolds with respect to Levi-Civita and quarter symmetric metric connections.
result Scalar curvature of C-totally real submanifolds is same for both connections.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the critical points of the total scalar curvature functional restricted to space of metrics with constant scalar curvature of unitary volume, for simplicity CPE metrics. It was conjectured in 1980's that every CPE metric must be Einstein. We prove that a 4-dimensional CPE…
Constructs infinitely many examples of large manifolds with circle bundles of positive scalar curvature.
problem Existence of circle bundles over large manifolds with positive scalar curvature metrics.
method Symplectic geometry techniques.
result Infinitely many examples of macroscopically large manifolds with circle bundles of positive scalar curvature.
It is a basic tenet in complex geometry that {\it negative} curvature corresponds, in a suitable sense, to the absence of rational curves on, say, a complex projective manifold, while {\it positive} curvature corresponds to the abundance of rational curves. In this spirit, we prove in this note that a projective manifo…
We consider modified scalar curvature functions for Riemannian manifolds equipped with smooth measures. Given a Riemannian submersion whose fiber transport is measure-preserving up to constants, we show that the modified scalar curvature of the base is bounded below in terms of the scalar curvatures of the total space …
Constructs two types of Eguchi-Hanson metrics with negative scalar curvature.
problem Creating metrics with negative scalar curvature.
method Constructed two types of Eguchi-Hanson metrics.
result Found metrics with negative scalar curvature.
On a compact n-dimensional manifold, it is well known that a critical metric of the total scalar curvature, restricted to the space of metrics with unit volume is Einstein. It has been conjectured that a critical metric of the total scalar curvature, restricted to the space of metrics with constant scalar curvature o…
New Kazdan-Warner problem for equivariant metrics on manifolds.
problem Equivariant scalar curvature functions on manifolds with group actions.
method Established equivariant analogue of Kazdan-Warner trichotomy.
result New class of totally G-positive pairs with positive constant scalar curvature.
The authors showed in a preceding paper that in a connected locally harmonic manifold, the volume of a tube of small radius about a regularly parameterized simple arc depends only on the length of the arc and the radius. In this paper, we show that this property characterizes harmonic manifolds even if it is assumed on…
It has recently been conjectured that the eigenvalues λ of the Dirac operator on a closed Riemannian spin manifold M of dimension n≥3 can be estimated from below by the total scalar curvature: λ2≥4(n−1)n⋅vol(M)∫MS. We show by example that such an estimate is impossible.
The study finds the minimum average area ratio on hyperbolic manifolds and its relation to scalar curvature.
problem Finding the minimum average area ratio on hyperbolic manifolds.
method Analyzing the average area ratio and normalized total scalar curvature for hyperbolic n-manifolds.
result The average area ratio attains a local minimum of 1 at the hyperbolic metric.
Ancient flows converge fast with finite curvature and convexity.
problem Understanding ancient mean curvature flows with finite curvature.
method Established exponentially fast convergence and finite curvature properties.
result Ancient flows have finite total curvature and finite mass drop.
In this paper we will perturb the scalar curvature of compact Kahler manifolds by incorporating it with higher Chern forms, and then show that the perturbed scalar curvature has many common properties with the unperturbed scalar curvature. In particular the perturbed scalar curvature becomes a moment map, with respect …
Study minimal surfaces with finite curvature in a specific manifold.
problem Understanding minimal surfaces with finite total curvature in a Hadamard manifold.
method Developed a formula to compute total curvature using topological, geometrical, and conformal data.
result Total curvature is an integral multiple of \(2\pi\).
Study of prescribing scalar curvature and mean curvature on compact manifolds with boundary.
problem Prescribing scalar curvature and mean curvature on compact manifolds with boundary.
method Introducing singular metrics inspired by previous work on closed manifolds, proving rigidity results for flat manifolds with totally geodesic boundary.
result Generic scalar-flat manifolds with minimal boundary can have scalar curvature and mean curvature prescribed simultaneously.
The study examines scalar curvature in direct product Riemannian manifolds and their multiconformal classes.
problem Analyzing scalar curvature in direct product Riemannian manifolds and their multiconformal classes.
method Defining multiconformal classes and proving conditions for positive scalar curvature.
result Positive scalar curvature in a multiconformal class is equivalent to that of some factor, with examples of negative scalar curvature metrics.
In Riemannian geometry the prescribed Ricci curvature problem is as follows: given a smooth manifold M and a symmetric 2-tensor r, construct a metric on M whose Ricci tensor equals r. In particular, DeTurck and Koiso proved the following celebrated result: the Ricci curvature uniquely determines the Levi-Civita…
Geometrically represents the Jacobian for a mechanical system with symmetry.
problem Path integral reduction for a mechanical system with symmetry.
method Geometric representation using scalar curvature and adapted coordinates.
result Obtained geometric representation of the Jacobian.
Estimates Bartnik mass for metrics with nonnegative Gauss curvature.
problem Estimating Bartnik mass for specific metric configurations.
method Using area, total mean curvature, and a metric roundness measure.
result Estimate approaches sharp value for round spheres.
We generalise the classical Chern-Gauss-Bonnet formula to a class of 4-dimensional manifolds with finitely many conformally flat ends and singular points. This extends results of Chang-Qing-Yang in the smooth case. Under the assumptions of finite total Q curvature and positive scalar curvature at the ends and at the si…