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.
Investigates conditions for non-rigidity in extremal metrics involving scalar curvature.
problem Rigidity of extremal metrics involving scalar curvature.
method Analyzes sufficient conditions for non-rigidity and provides examples.
result Provides sufficient conditions for metrics not to be rigid.
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.
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.
Proves rigidity for maps between manifolds using degree theory and current developments.
problem Lipschitz-volume rigidity for maps between metric manifolds and Riemannian manifolds.
method Degree theory and recent developments of Lipschitz-volume rigidity for integral currents.
result Proves a Lipschitz-volume rigidity result for 1-Lipschitz maps.
Einstein manifolds are rigid under certain metric deformations.
problem Characterizing Einstein manifolds that resist volume-preserving metric deformations.
method Various characterizations and constructions of mass-decreasing perturbations.
result Constructs mass-decreasing perturbations of specific metrics.
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.
Totally geodesic subvarieties in moduli space are locally rigid.
problem Understanding rigidity of subvarieties in moduli space.
method General rigidity result for orbifold maps to moduli space.
result Covering constructions and totally geodesic subvarieties are locally rigid.
We analyze sub-Riemannian and lightlike metrics from the point of view of their rigidity as geometric structures. Following Cartan's and Gromov's formal definitions, they are never rigid, yet, in generic cases, they naturally give rise to rigid geometric structures!?
Characterizes rigid and flexible hyperbolic cone metrics and billiards.
problem Understanding the rigidity and flexibility of hyperbolic cone metrics and their billiard dynamics.
method Characterization through Liouville currents and deformation spaces.
result Generic rigidity and parameterization of deformation spaces for flexible metrics.
Local rigidity results for Bergman and Kähler Carathéodory metrics on domains.
problem Characterizing domains with specific metric properties.
method Analyzing Carathéodory and Bergman metrics on strictly pseudoconvex domains.
result Domains with specific metric properties are biholomorphically equivalent to balls.
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.
Paper proves rigidity theorems for geodesically reversible Finsler metrics.
problem Understanding geodesically reversible Finsler metrics in closed manifolds.
method Applied theory of volumes and areas on Finsler spaces to establish rigidity theorems.
result Partial explanation of the scarcity of geodesically reversible Finsler metrics in closed manifolds.
In \cite{BK02}, M. Bonk and B. Kleiner proved a rigidity theorem for expanding quasi-Möbius group actions on Ahlfors n-regular metric spaces with topological dimension n. This led naturally to a rigidity result for quasi-convex geometric actions on CAT(−1)-spaces that can be seen as a metric analog to the "entrop…
New theorem shows metrics of certain groups are close if their lengths are identical.
problem Identifying metrics of relatively hyperbolic groups from their lengths.
method Proved rigidity for relatively hyperbolic groups using coarse marked length spectrum.
result Metrics of relatively hyperbolic groups are uniformly close if lengths are identical.
Paper proves rigidity for Einstein metrics in high dimensions.
problem Einstein metrics on high-dimensional manifolds.
method Liouville type rigidity result for asymptotically hyperbolic metrics.
result Established a rigidity theorem for d≥5. Bi-invariant metrics on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces are extremal and rigid.
problem Gromov's question on extremality of bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups.
method Proving rigidity of bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups and homogeneous spaces.
result Bi-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups and homogeneous spaces are extremal and rigid.
Revisits Koiso's rigid metrics on complex projective spaces.
problem Computing obstructions to integrability of deformations.
method Elementary complex differential geometry.
result Computes Koiso's obstruction on CPnimesCP1. In this paper we prove that the space of flat metrics (nonpositively curved Euclidean cone metrics) on a closed, oriented surface is marked length spectrally rigid. In other words, two flat metrics assigning the same lengths to all closed curves differ by an isometry isotopic to the identity. The novel proof suggests a…
The paper examines rigidity of metric constructions in Wasserstein spaces.
problem Isometric rigidity of metric constructions in Wasserstein spaces.
method Analyzes spaces like Hilbert, rays, half-cylinders, and spherical suspensions.
result Different spaces exhibit varying levels of isometric rigidity in Wasserstein spaces.
Smooth metrics satisfying Penrose inequality are necessarily smooth.
problem Rigidity of Penrose inequality with singular metrics.
method Showed suitable singular metrics attaining the optimal value in the Riemannian Penrose inequality are smooth in specified coordinates.
result Smooth metrics satisfying Penrose inequality are necessarily smooth.
Proves infinitesimal rigidity of Hermitian gravitational instantons.
problem Understanding the moduli space of Hermitian gravitational instantons.
method Proof of infinitesimal rigidity and integrability using boundary conditions and conformal Kähler properties.
result Completes the understanding of Hermitian gravitational instantons, both compact and non-compact.
The paper explores gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
problem Understanding gaps in curvature-related metrics and rigidity.
method Analyzes three types of gaps: spectral, metric-rigidity, and topological-rigidity.
result Proposes open problems in the field.
Hermitian metrics with zero second Chern Ricci curvature are rigid and exist on specific manifolds.
problem Characterizing Hermitian metrics with vanishing second Chern Ricci curvature.
method Analyzing the rigidity of the second Chern Ricci curvature on compact complex manifolds.
result Characterization of second Chern Ricci-flat Hermitian metrics and non-existence results.
The paper develops techniques to study dynamical systems with Carnot metrics.
problem Understanding smooth dynamical systems in the presence of Carnot metrics.
method Employing techniques from Margulis-Mostow, Métivier, Mitchell, and Pansu on tangent cones, the paper establishes resonances between Lyapunov exponents.
result Local rigidity properties of higher hyperbolic rank metrics and uniform lattice actions on quaternionic and octonionic symmetric spaces.
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
Proves rigidity of sphere metrics with subsets removed.
problem Scalar curvature rigidity of spheres with subsets removed.
method Techniques involving wrapping property and L∞ metrics. result Proves scalar rigidity for L∞ metrics on Sn\Σ. Flexible metrics found on a genus 2 surface.
problem Identifying non-rigid hyperbolic cone metrics on a genus 2 surface.
method Using a theorem by Erlandsson, Leininger, and Sadanand.
result Nine mapping class group orbits of non-rigid metrics found.
Researchers prove rigidity for log-Sobolev inequality on specific metric spaces.
problem Proving rigidity for the logarithmic Sobolev inequality on metric measure spaces.
method Using a new approach to prove the rigidity result.
result Proved that if equality holds in the log-Sobolev inequality, the space must split into a product of a manifold and the Gaussian shrinking soliton.
New rigidity results for critical metrics of a quadratic curvature functional.
problem Proving uniqueness of critical metrics for a specific curvature functional.
method Analyzing complete, possibly non-compact, critical metrics of the quadratic curvature functional.
result Critical metrics with finite energy are scalar flat (global minima) for dimensions n≥10.
3D spherical caps are rigid under certain perturbations.
problem Rigidity of 3D spherical caps under specific perturbations.
method Gromov's μ-bubble technique
result 3D spherical caps are rigid under perturbations that maintain metric, scalar curvature, and mean curvature.
New rigidity results for critical metrics with curvature pinching.
problem Understanding critical metrics with curvature pinching conditions.
method Proving rigidity for metrics defined on closed smooth manifolds that are critical for a quadratic functional.
result Bach-flat metrics with constant scalar curvature satisfying Sec > 1/48 R are Einstein and isometric to specific spaces.
New findings on flatness of certain metrics with fast decay.
problem Rigidity of positive mass theorem under fast metric decay.
method Considered metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature and rapid decay at infinity.
result Any such metric is necessarily flat in dimensions 4 and higher if decay rate exceeds Schwarzschild metric.
Consider a smooth manifold M equipped with a bracket generating distribution D. Two sub-Riemannian metrics on (M,D) are said to be projectively (resp. affinely) equivalent if they have the same geodesics up to reparameterization (resp. up to affine reparameterization). A sub-Riemannian metric g is called rigid …
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…
The paper studies Einstein metrics on specific manifolds and their rigidity properties.
problem Investigating rigidity of Einstein metrics on homogeneous Gray manifolds.
method Computing coindex and analyzing infinitesimal deformations of Einstein metrics.
result Infinitesimal Einstein deformations on F1,2=SU(3)/T2 are not integrable. New rigidity results for warped product domains.
problem Scalar curvature rigidity of domains in warped products.
method Developed a new connection on a twisted spinor bundle and associated Dirac operator.
result Obtained Llarull type scalar curvature rigidity for a general class of domains in a warped product.
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.
We study rigidity results for the Einstein metrics as the critical points of a family of known quadratic curvature functionals involving the scalar curvature, the Ricci curvature and the Riemannian curvature tensor, characterized by some pointwise inequalities involving the Weyl curvature and the traceless Ricci curvat…
Inversive distance circle packing metric was introduced by P Bowers and K Stephenson \cite{BS} as a generalization of Thurston's circle packing metric \cite{T1}. They conjectured that the inversive distance circle packings are rigid. For nonnegative inversive distance, Guo \cite{Guo} proved the infinitesimal rigidity a…
Study proves rigid spectral properties of planets with metric discontinuities.
problem Establishing spectral rigidity for spherically symmetric planets with discontinuities.
method Novel trace formula applied to two wave types in spherically symmetric manifolds with boundary and interior interfaces.
result Spectral rigidity of spherically symmetric planets with discontinuities is proven.
Study proves rigidity and gap theorems for specific metrics.
problem Existence and properties of self-dual and even Poincaré-Einstein metrics in 4D.
method Rigorous mathematical proofs, including gap theorems and rigidity results.
result Obtained new scalar conformal invariants and identified obstructions to metric existence.
We address the question: how large is the family of complete metrics with nonnegative sectional curvature on S^2xR^3? We classify the connection metrics, and give several examples of non-connection metrics. We provide evidence that the family is small by proving some rigidity results for metrics more general than conne…
H. Weyl in 1921 demonstrated that for a connected manifold of dimension greater than 1, if two Riemannian metrics are conformal and have the same geodesics up to a reparametrization, then one metric is a constant scaling of the other one. In the present paper, we investigate the analogous property for sub-Riemannian …
We prove that every complete Einstein (Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian) metric g is geodesically rigid: if any other complete metric gˉ has the same (unparametrized) geodesics with g, then the Levi-Civita connections of g and gˉ coincide.
Study shows rigidity of polyhedrons in hyperbolic spaces.
problem Rigidity of polyhedrons in hyperbolic spaces.
method Extending Gromov's comparison theory to metrics with negative scalar curvature lower bounds.
result Localization of the positive mass theorem for asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
In this paper, we proved a rigidity theorem of the Hodge metric for concave horizontal slices and a local rigidity theorem for the monodromy representation.
The paper proves rigidity results for non-positively curved homogeneous Finsler metrics.
problem Rigidity of non-positively curved homogeneous Finsler metrics.
method Analyzes and proves rigidity results for specific Finsler metrics with non-positive flag curvature.
result Homogeneous Finsler spaces with non-positive flag curvature and isotropic S-curvature are either Riemannian or locally Minkowskian.