arXiv research

The hemisphere rigidity theorem connects to the Gelfand problem, providing a precise value for the extremal parameter.

This paper deals with Hopf type rigidity for convex billiards on surfaces of constant curvature. We prove that the only convex billiard without conjugate points on the Hyperbolic plane or on the Hemisphere is circular billiard.

We prove the following rigidity theorem: For an n-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with boundary whose Ricci curvature is bounded by n-1 from below, if its boundary is isometric to the standard sphere of dimension n-1 and totally geodesic, then the manifold is isometric to the standard hemisphere.

We study the curvature condition which uniquely characterizes the hemisphere. In particular, we prove the Min-Oo conjecture for hypersurfaces in Euclidean space and hyperbolic space.

We characterize the standard $\mathbb{S}^3$ as the closed Ricci-positive 3-manifold with scalar curvature at least 6 having isoperimetric surfaces of largest area: $4π$. As a corollary we answer in the affirmative an interesting special case of a conjecture of Min-Oo's on the scalar curvature rigidity of the upper hemi…

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact manifold with boundary and $Ric_g\geq (n-1)g$, Hang and Wang proved that $(M,g)$ is isometric to the standard hemisphere if $\partial M$ is convex and isometric to $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}(1)$. We prove some rigidity theorems when $\partial M$ is isometric to a product manifold where one factor is th…

We retract the scalar curvature rigidity theorem as there is a mistake in the proof. We thank S. Montiel for pointing out the mistake.

Motivated by Brendle-Marques-Neves' counterexample to the Min-Oo's conjecture, we prove a volume constrained scalar curvature rigidity theorem which applies to the hemisphere.

Let (M,g) be a four or six dimensional compact Riemannian manifold which is locally conformally flat and assume that its boundary is totally umbilical. In this note, we prove that if the Euler characteristic of M is equal to 1 and if its Yamabe invariant is positive, then (M,g) is conformally isometric to the standard …

In this paper, we prove a scalar curvature rigidity result for geodesic balls in S^n. This result contrasts sharply with the recent counterexamples to Min-Oo's conjecture for the hemisphere (cf. [5]).

We prove some boundary rigidity results for the hemisphere under a lower bound for Ricci curvature. The main result can be viewed as the Ricci version of a conjecture of Min-Oo.

In this paper, we prove that the static triple with half harmonic Weyl curvature and positive scalar curvature must be the standard hemisphere.

We give a survey of various rigidity results involving scalar curvature. Many of these results are inspired by the positive mass theorem in general relativity. In particular, we discuss the recent solution of Min-Oo's Conjecture for the hemisphere (cf. [13]). We also analyze the case of equality in Bray's volume compar…

New characterizations for manifolds with boundary rigidity results.

The study classifies quasi-Einstein manifolds with boundary.

Rigidity theorem for special metrics on 4-manifolds.

Proves rigidity of geodesic balls in spheres under certain deformations.

Perez proved some $L^2$ inequalities for closed convex hypersurfaces immersed in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, more generally, for closed hypersurfaces with non-negative Ricci curvature, immersed in an Einstein manifold. In this paper, we discuss the rigidity of these inequalities when the ambient manifold is…

The study proves rigidity and non-rigidity of spherical caps in mean curvature.

The study proves unique static manifolds with positive scalar curvature and boundary.

Study uses renormalized area to determine metric expansion from minimal surfaces.

Proves rigidity of sphere metrics with subsets removed.

We provide a general Böchner type formula which enables us to prove some rigidity results for $V$-static spaces. In particular, we show that an $n$-dimensional positive static triple with connected boundary and positive scalar curvature must be isometric to the standard hemisphere, provided that the metric has zero rad…

The paper proves a biharmonic hypersurface in a hemisphere must be a small sphere.

Computed p-widths for hemisphere, first for manifolds with boundary.

Study on hemisphere threshold for Escobar functional on Riemannian manifolds, revealing mass and boundary invariant behaviors.

Study proves existence of non-trivial harmonic map flows to hemispheres.

Researchers create metrics on spheres with Ricci curvature ≥1, limiting to Grushin hemisphere.

The paper characterizes Pólya's conjecture for spheres and hemispheres, deriving inequalities and bounds.

Proves a quantitative index theorem for positive scalar curvature metrics.

The Riemannian hemisphere has a lower bound for its mass.

In this paper we provide a pinching condition for the characterization of the totally geodesic disk and the rotational annulus among minimal surfaces with free boundary in geodesic balls of three-dimensional hyperbolic space and hemisphere. The pinching condition involves the length of the second fundamental form, the …

Study extends eigenvalue formulas to weighted manifolds and proves global rigidity theorems.

We show that round hemispheres are the only compact 2 dimensional Riemannian manifolds (with or without boundary) such that almost every pair of complete geodesics intersect once and only once. We prove this by establishing a sharp isoperimetric inequality for surfaces with boundary such that every pair of geodesics ha…

In this work, we develop a study involving some nonlinear partial differential equations on spheres and hemispheres, with the zero Neumann boundary condition, which are so-called Brezis-Nirenberg type problems, and we give conditions on which such equations have only constant solutions. We also extend these results for…

The paper studies the geometry of eye movements and cycles.

The article characterizes a hemisphere using a Laplace operator and a differential equation.

Let $(M^n,g)$ be an $n$-dimensional compact connected Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary. We show that the presence of a nontrivial conformal gradient vector field on $M$, with an appropriate control on the Ricci curvature makes $M$ to be isometric to a hemisphere of $\mathbb{S}^{n}$. We also prove that if an Ein…

The paper characterizes D'Atri spaces using total scalar curvature of hemispheres.

Classifies metrics with specific curvature properties on a ball.

Study on free-boundary CMC hypersurfaces in upper hemisphere, proving Morse index and eigenvalue bounds.

We re-visit the eigenvalue estimate of the Dirac operator on spin manifolds with boundary in terms of the first eigenvalues of conformal Laplace operator as well as the conformal mean curvature operator. These problems were studied earlier by Hijazi-Montiel-Zhang and Raulot and we re-prove them under weaker assumption …

Let $X$ be a Banach space or more generally a complete metric space admitting a conical geodesic bicombing. We prove that every closed $L$-Lipschitz curve $γ:S^1\rightarrow X$ may be extended to an $L$-Lipschitz map defined on the hemisphere $f:H^2\rightarrow X$. This implies that $X$ satisfies a quadratic isoperimetri…

We find that for any n-dimensional, compact, convex subset K of R^{n+1} there is an affinely-spherical hypersurface M in R^{n+1} with center at the relative interior of K, such that the disjoint union of M and K is the boundary of an (n+1)-dimensional, compact, convex set. This so-called affine hemisphere M is uniquely…

New functionals defined for free boundary minimal submanifolds in higher dimensions.

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold M of dimension n whose boundary \partial M is totally geodesic and is isometric to the standard sphere S^{n-1}. A natural conjecture of Min-Oo asserts that if the scalar curvature of M is at least n(n-1), then M is isometric to the hemisphere S_+^n equipped with its standard metri…

Study proves uniqueness of certain minimal surfaces in spherical and hyperbolic spaces.

Paper solves Carathéodory's conjecture for $C^2$-regular convex surfaces.