Small Weyl infimum on 4-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
problem Understanding scalar curvature on 4-manifolds.
method Analyzing the Weyl functional and comparing scalar and self-dual Weyl curvatures.
result The infimum of the Weyl functional is small on many 4-manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
Study shows incompatibility of certain scalar curvatures on manifolds.
problem Incompatibility of scalar curvatures on manifolds.
method Analyzing closed manifolds with positive Yamabe invariant and positive Morse functions.
result Existence of energetically bounded solutions for related candidate functions.
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.
Study explores how scalar functionals evolve under Ricci flow.
problem Understanding the evolution of functionals involving scalar quantities under Ricci flow.
method Deriving explicit expressions for the time derivative of integrals of scalar functionals under extended Ricci flow.
result Explicit expressions for the time derivative of integrals involving scalar functionals under Ricci flow.
Scalarizing functions have been widely used to convert a multiobjective optimization problem into a single objective optimization problem. However, their use in solving (computationally) expensive multi- and many-objective optimization problems in Bayesian multiobjective optimization is scarce. Scalarizing functions ca…
Research characterizes critical points of scalar curvature functionals.
problem Characterizing critical points of scalar curvature functionals.
method Translation and analysis of a previous Russian paper.
result Provides insights into critical points of scalar curvature functionals.
Derive Dirichlet scalar curvature energy functional variation formula
problem Dirichlet scalar curvature energy functional
method First variation formula
result Introduce Dirichlet-Einstein metrics
In this paper, we consider the problem of prescribing scalar curvature on n-sphere. Assume that the candidate curvature function f, which is allowed to change sign, satisfies some kind of Morse index or symmetry condition. By studying the well-known scalar curvature flow, we are able to prove that the flow converges …
Study on 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature and positive harmonic functions.
problem Characterizing 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
method Exhaustions by level sets of harmonic functions and refined average gradient estimates.
result Contractible 3-manifolds are diffeomorphic to R^3, and handlebodies have genus at most 1.
Paper proves a Liouville theorem for solitons with constant curvature.
problem Understanding harmonic functions on specific geometric structures.
method Proved a Liouville theorem without gradient estimates.
result Finite dimensionality of harmonic functions with polynomial growth.
Neural network predicts functional responses from scalar inputs.
problem Regression of functional responses with large scalar predictors and nonlinear relationships.
method Transform functional response to finite dimensions, design feed-forward neural network, modify output via objective functions, apply roughness penalty.
result Proposed neural network outperforms conventional methods in multiple scenarios.
Conditions for scalar curvature on compact manifolds under conformal deformation.
problem Finding conditions for scalar curvature functions on compact manifolds.
method Analyzing sufficient and necessary conditions for scalar curvature problems within conformal classes.
result Conditions for scalar curvature functions on various compact manifolds.
Study on harmonic functions on nonnegative curvature 3D manifolds.
problem Analyzing harmonic functions on specific 3D manifolds.
method Inspired by Miao, developed a monotonic quantity for level sets of harmonic functions on (R3∖{0},g) with nonnegative scalar curvature. result Established a rigidity result for the derived monotonic quantity.
New method uses scalars to approximate physics functions.
problem Designing neural networks that respect physical symmetries.
method Parameterizing polynomial functions equivariant to various symmetries using scalars.
result Universal approximation of polynomial functions under various symmetries using scalars.
Researchers confirm scalar-flatness for critical metrics in 5-9 dimensions.
problem Verifying scalar-flatness for critical metrics in specific dimensions.
method Analyzing complete Riemannian manifolds with critical metrics of the L2-scalar curvature functional. result The conjecture that all complete noncompact critical metrics with finite energy are scalar-flat is confirmed for dimensions 5 to 9.
Proves curvature comparison for Riemannian bands in low dimensions.
problem Curvature comparison in Riemannian bands with lower bounds.
method Uses warped products over scalar-flat manifolds with log-concave warping.
result Scalar and mean curvature comparison results proven.
In this work, we study the Yamabe flow corresponding to the prescribed scalar curvature problem on compact Riemannian manifolds with negative scalar curvature. The long time existence and convergence of the flow are proved under appropriate conditions on the prescribed scalar curvature function.
Study local properties of Chern-scalar curvature through linearization stability.
problem Local properties of Chern-scalar curvature function.
method Linearization analysis of the Chern-scalar curvature function.
result Stability of linearization and structure of metrics with prescribed curvature.
The surgery technique of Gromov and Lawson may be used to construct families of positive scalar curvature metrics which are parameterised by Morse functions. This has played an important role in the study of the space of metrics of positive scalar curvature on a smooth manifold and its corresponding moduli spaces. In t…
The paper derives inequalities for p-capacitary functions in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature.
problem Deriving inequalities for p-capacitary functions in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. method Deriving general monotone quantities and geometric inequalities associated with p-capacitary functions in asymptotically flat 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature. result The inequalities become equalities on the spatial Schwarzschild manifolds outside rotationally symmetric spheres.
We give existence results for solutions of the prescribed scalar curvature equation on S3, when the curvature function is a positive Morse function and satisfies an index-count condition.
The Nirenberg problem yields multiple conformal metrics for a given scalar curvature function.
problem Finding multiple conformal metrics with a given scalar curvature on spheres.
method Morse theoretical methods and counting index formulae, leveraging subcritical approximation and blowing-up solutions.
result Arbitrarily many metrics can be found that are conformally equivalent to the standard sphere and have the desired scalar curvature.
We discuss conformal deformation and warped products on some open manifolds. We discuss how these can be applied to construct Riemannian metrics with specific scalar curvature functions.
Synthetic scalar curvature defined via Gaussian integrals, applied to manifolds and flows.
problem Defining scalar curvature for non-smooth spaces and flows.
method Gaussian integral approach to scalar curvature, applied to manifolds and flows.
result Characterizes Ricci flows as minimal super-Ricci flows.
The paper proves stability for scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary.
problem Stability of scalar-flat metrics on manifolds with boundary.
method Reduced problem to boundary functional and used deficit control.
result Deficit controls distance to minimizing set on manifolds with boundary.
Sharp comparison theorems for 3D manifolds with scalar curvature bound.
problem Understanding the geometry and topology of 3D manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Sharp comparison results for Green's function and spectrum, derived from scalar curvature bounds.
result Sharp upper and lower bounds for the Green's function and spectrum of 3D manifolds.
We prove that every (3+1)-dimensional flat GHMC Minkowski spacetime which is not a translation spacetime or a Misner spacetime carries a unique foliation by spacelike hypersurfaces of constant scalar curvature. In otherwords, we prove that every such spacetime carries a unique time function with isochrones of constan…
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 …
Characterizes warping functions in Einstein Poisson warped spaces.
problem Existence and nonexistence of warping functions with constant scalar curvature.
method Analyzes various dimensions of base space and constant scalar curvature conditions.
result Characterizes warping functions for different dimensions of base space.
We introduce mu-scalar curvature for a K"ahler metric with a moment map mu and start up a study on constant mu-scalar curvature K"ahler metric as a generalization of both cscK metric and K"ahler-Ricci soliton and as a continuity path to extremal metric. We study some fundamental constraints to the existence of constant…
New rigidity found for 3D warped product domains.
problem Finding rigidity conditions for warped product domains.
method Developed scalar curvature rigidity for a general class of domains.
result Identified domains satisfying a boundary condition analogous to logarithmic concavity.
Solves a problem in Riemannian geometry for scalar-flat metrics with boundary conditions.
problem Finding a conformal metric with zero scalar curvature and prescribed boundary mean curvature.
method Construction of local test functions to resolve open cases and establish new solvability conditions.
result Established new solvability conditions for the problem.
Classifies scalar-flat toric Kähler instantons in 4D.
problem Classifying scalar-flat toric Kähler 4-manifolds.
method Using Liouville theorem for degenerate-elliptic equations, classifies momentum functions and metrics.
result Fully classifies instantons with ALE-F-G-H asymptotic types.
The paper solves a problem related to curvature in complex geometry.
problem Resolving the prescribed Chern scalar curvature problem.
method Divided into three cases based on the sign of the Gauduchon degree, analyzed separately.
result Proves that certain functions are Chern scalar curvatures of conformal metrics.
Conformally variational Riemannian invariants (CVIs), such as the scalar curvature, are homogeneous scalar invariants which arise as the gradient of a Riemannian functional. We establish a wide range of stability and rigidity results involving CVIs, generalizing many such results for the scalar curvature.
Study on gradient h-almost Yamabe solitons with scalar curvature estimation.
problem Exploring triviality and scalar curvature estimation of gradient h-almost Yamabe solitons.
method Established sufficient conditions for triviality and scalar curvature estimation under integral inequalities involving the scalar curvature and soliton function.
result Extended and refined former works on almost and h-almost Yamabe solitons, characterizing their geometric structures.
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.
We study the prescribed scalar curvature problem, namely finding which function can be obtained as the scalar curvature of a metric in a given conformal class. We deal with the case of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds and restrict ourselves to non positive prescribed scalar curvature. Following earlier results, we o…
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…
New method trains normalizing flows using entropy-regularized transport.
problem Training continuous normalizing flows efficiently.
method Formulates flows as gradients of scalar potentials, training only these potentials.
result Trains normalizing flows without explicit flow computation during training.
In this paper, we consider the indefinite scalar curvature problem on Rn. We propose new conditions on the prescribing scalar curvature function such that the scalar curvature problem on Rn (similarly, on Sn) has at least one solution. The key observation in our proof is that we use the bifurcation method to g…
We use the theory of isoparametric functions to investigate gradient Ricci solitons with constant scalar curvature. We show rigidity of gradient Ricci solitons with constant scalar curvature under some conditions on the Ricci tensor, which are all satisfied if the manifold is curvature homogeneous. This leads to a comp…
Extends K-energy to complexified Kähler classes for scalar curvature study.
problem Scalar curvature equation with B-field on complexified Kähler classes.
method Extended K-energy functional, convex along geodesics.
result Uniqueness of solutions in some cases.
We derive a sharp lower bound for the scalar curvature of non-flat and non-compact expanding gradient Ricci soliton provided that the scalar curvature is non-negative and the potential function is proper. We also give an upper bound for the scalar curvature of noncompact expander when the Ricci curvature is nonpositive…
Functional determinant for mixed signature sphere products depends on sphere dimensions and parity.
problem Determining the functional determinant for scalar fields on mixed signature sphere products.
method Analyzing the GJMS operator on SqimesSp to derive the functional determinant. result The functional determinant depends only on the total dimension and parity of the sphere dimensions.
The study proves that certain manifolds can have metrics with specific volume growth.
problem Determining if manifolds with positive scalar curvature can have metrics with a given volume growth.
method Using Gromov-Lawson and Grimaldi-Pansu constructions, the study proves the existence of metrics with the desired volume growth on specific manifolds.
result The study positively answers the question for manifolds that are infinite connected sums of closed manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
It is well known that a system of homogeneous second-order ordinary differential equations (spray) is necessarily isotropic in order to be metrizable by a Finsler function of scalar flag curvature. In Theorem 3.1 we show that the isotropy condition, together with three other conditions on the Jacobi endomorphism, chara…
Sharp bounds and parabolicity results for 3-manifolds with scalar curvature.
problem Understanding the spectrum and parabolicity of 3-manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Established global results for complete three-dimensional manifolds under a topological assumption.
result Sharp upper bounds for the bottom spectrum and parabolicity results for manifolds with scalar curvature lower bounds.