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48 results for synthetic Ricci curvature bounds

Study compares synthetic and distributional Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Comparing synthetic and distributional approaches to lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzes synthetic via weak displacement convexity and distributional via non-negativity of Ricci-tensor.
result Distributional bounds imply entropy bounds for C1C^1 metrics and vice versa for C1,1C^{1,1} under convergence condition.

This survey introduces synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds in Lorentzian spaces.

problem Synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds in non-smooth Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport and entropy tools.
result Synthetic version of Hawking's singularity theorem and synthetic characterisation of Einstein's vacuum equations.

Unified study of Riemannian and sub-Riemannian geometries with synthetic Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Unified framework for Riemannian and sub-Riemannian geometries.
method Study of gauge metric measure spaces.
result Unified synthetic Ricci curvature lower bounds for both Riemannian and sub-Riemannian structures.

Paper investigates rigidity of synthetic Ricci curvature bounds on manifolds.

problem Synthetic lower Ricci curvature bounds on Riemannian manifolds with boundary.
method Use of Lott-Sturm-Villani's synthetic lower Ricci curvature bound and L1L^1-optimal transportation theory.
result Proves measure rigidity results for functional and geometric inequalities.

Study inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds, proving properties of their limits.

problem Characterizing limits of inradius collapsed manifolds with lower Ricci curvature bounds.
method Analyzing families of manifolds with specific curvature and boundary conditions, proving properties of the limits.
result Limits of inradius collapsed manifolds have at most two boundary components and a lower Ricci curvature bound.

Stability of timelike Ricci bounds in low-regularity spacetimes.

problem Stability of synthetic timelike Ricci curvature bounds under C0C^0-limits.
method Constructing smooth approximations and analyzing limiting behavior via Lorentzian optimal transport.
result Impulsive gravitational waves satisfy synthetic timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds.

Study solves Gel'fand's inverse problem in non-smooth spaces with Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Determining a Riemannian manifold from heat kernel on subsets.
method Analyzes mRCD(K,N){ m RCD}(K,N) spaces with synthetic Ricci curvature bounds.
result Unique solvability of Gel'fand's inverse problem for compact mRCD(K,N){ m RCD}(K,N) spaces.

Study new Ricci bounds for metric measure spaces, preserving properties under time changes.

problem Extend Ricci bounds to non-synthetic spaces and understand their behavior under time changes.
method Introduce distribution-valued lower Ricci bounds BE1(κ,)_1(κ,\infty), prove equivalence with gradient estimates, and show preservation under time changes.
result Distribution-valued Ricci bounds BE1(κ,)_1(κ,\infty) are preserved under arbitrary time changes and imply sharp gradient estimates.

The paper extends Lorentzian splitting theorems under curvature-dimension bounds.

problem Analyzing Lorentzian spacetimes with curvature-dimension bounds.
method Using Bakry-Émery-Ricci tensor, extending singularity and splitting theorems.
result Theorems hold for all synthetic dimensions, including negative and positive.

The paper examines how curvature-dimension conditions transform under time change for diffusions.

problem Transforming curvature-dimension conditions for diffusions under time change.
method Derives precise transformation formulas for synthetic lower Ricci bounds and curvature-dimension conditions.
result Precise formulas for curvature-dimension conditions under time change for diffusions and metric measure spaces.

Measure contraction property is a synthetic Ricci curvature lower bound for metric measure spaces. We consider Sasakian manifolds with non-negative Tanaka-Webster Ricci curvature equipped with the metric measure space structure defined by the sub-Riemannian metric and the Popp measure. We show that these spaces satisfy…

2015-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

The report explores conditions for positive or non-negative scalar curvature in 3-manifolds and weak Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Conditions for positive or non-negative scalar curvature in 3-manifolds and weak Ricci curvature bounds on non-smooth spaces.
method Description of results in dimension 3, exploration of weak forms of Ricci curvature, use of volume entropy and Bishop-Gromov inequality.
result Recent results on weak Ricci curvature bounds and conditions for positive or non-negative scalar curvature in 3-manifolds.

Uniform heat kernel bounds lead to synthetic Ricci curvature conditions for Lipschitz manifolds.

problem Establishing synthetic Ricci curvature conditions for Lipschitz manifolds.
method Uniform heat kernel bounds and synthetic Ricci curvature conditions.
result Uniform heat kernel bounds lead to synthetic Ricci curvature conditions for Lipschitz manifolds.

We simplify evaluation of Ollivier-Ricci curvature bounds in hypergraphs.

problem Computational challenges in evaluating Ollivier-Ricci curvature bounds in hypergraphs.
method Simplified approach with linear computational complexity.
result Significant improvements in evaluating Ollivier-Ricci curvature bounds.

Measure contraction properties MCP(K,N)MCP(K,N) are synthetic Ricci curvature lower bounds for metric measure spaces which do not necessarily have smooth structures. It is known that if a Riemannian manifold has dimension NN, then MCP(K,N)MCP(K,N) is equivalent to Ricci curvature bounded below by KK. On the other hand, it was ob…

2014-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops optimal transport in Lorentzian spaces with synthetic curvature bounds.

problem Synthetic curvature bounds for Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport, convexity analysis of entropy functionals.
result Synthetic notion of timelike Ricci curvature lower bounds.

Sharp inequality for Lorentzian spaces with timelike Ricci bounds.

problem Establishing bounds on achronal hypersurfaces in Lorentzian spaces.
method Optimal transport and synthetic TCDpe(K,N)\mathsf{TCD}^e_p(K,N) spaces.
result Sharp isoperimetric-type inequality for Lorentzian spaces.

The paper characterizes synthetic upper Ricci bounds for metric measure spaces using heat flow, entropy, and optimal transport.

problem Characterizing synthetic upper Ricci bounds for metric measure spaces.
method Characterizations using heat flow, entropy, and optimal transport.
result A characterization in terms of semiconcavity of the entropy along certain Wasserstein geodesics is stable under convergence of mm-spaces.

Study of spectral gaps in non-smooth spaces with bounded Ricci curvature.

problem Analyzing spectral gaps in non-smooth metric measure spaces.
method Establishing a Polya-Szego type inequality and applying it to show spectral gaps for the p-Laplace operator.
result Sharp spectral gap results for the p-Laplace operator on various non-smooth spaces.

The paper explores sharp isoperimetric properties on non-compact spaces with Ricci bounds.

problem Sharp isoperimetric properties on non-compact spaces with Ricci bounds.
method Sharp isoperimetric comparison theorems and asymptotic isoperimetric properties.
result Almost regularity theorems and enhanced functional inequalities.

Uniformly Euclidean metrics with isolated singularities on certain manifolds are Ricci flat and have nonnegative synthetic Ricci curvature.

problem Proving the existence of Ricci flat metrics with isolated singularities on specific manifolds.
method Demonstrating nonnegative synthetic Ricci curvature using the RCD(0, n) condition.
result Uniformly Euclidean metrics with isolated singularities on Mn=Tn#M0M^n = T^n \# M_0 are Ricci flat and extend smoothly over the singularity.

Sharp bounds on Cheeger's isoperimetric constant and Laplacian eigenvalue in metric measure spaces.

problem Sharp bounds on Cheeger's isoperimetric constant and Laplacian eigenvalue in metric measure spaces.
method Sharp bounds on Cheeger's isoperimetric constant and Laplacian eigenvalue in metric measure spaces.
result Sharp bounds on Cheeger's isoperimetric constant and Laplacian eigenvalue in metric measure spaces.

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a smooth Riemannian manifold and G\mathsf{G} a compact Lie group acting on MM effectively and by isometries. It is well known that a lower bound of the sectional curvature of (M,g)(M,g) is again a bound for the curvature of the quotient space, which is an Alexandrov space of curvature bounded below. Moreo…

2017-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Sharp inequality in spaces with non-negative Ricci curvature.

problem Proving a sharp isoperimetric inequality in metric measure spaces.
method Using volume entropy in non-compact metric measure spaces with non-negative synthetic Ricci curvature.
result Proved a sharp dimension-free isoperimetric inequality.

We prove that if (X,d,m)(X,\mathsf{d},\mathfrak{m}) is a metric measure space with m(X)=1\mathfrak{m}(X)=1 having (in a synthetic sense) Ricci curvature bounded from below by K>0K>0 and dimension bounded above by N[1,)N\in [1,\infty), then the classic Lévy-Gromov isoperimetric inequality (together with the recent sharpening counter…

2015-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The study establishes conditions for stratified spaces to satisfy RCD(K, N) curvature-dimension condition.

problem Conditions for stratified spaces to satisfy RCD(K, N) curvature-dimension condition.
method Proves conditions for stratified spaces to satisfy RCD(K, N) using Ricci tensor bounds and cone angles.
result New examples of metric measure spaces satisfying RCD(K, N) curvature-dimension condition.

Upper bounds on revised first Betti number and torus stability for RCD spaces.

problem Bounding the revised first Betti number and stability of RCD spaces.
method Proving an upper bound on the rank of the abelianised revised fundamental group and establishing torus stability.
result Spaces with saturated upper bound on revised first Betti number are mGH-close to flat tori.

Unified approach to various energy conditions in spacetime geometry.

problem Synthetic quantification of energy conditions in spacetime.
method Introducing entropic timelike curvature dimension condition with variable Ricci curvature bounds.
result Unified approach to various energy conditions including strong, weak, and null energy conditions.

The study constructs a Lorentzian length space and explores its properties and relationships with metric and causal geometry.

problem Understanding the relationship between metric and causal geometry in Lorentzian spaces.
method Constructing a Lorentzian length space with an orthogonal splitting on a product of an interval and a metric space, and using synthetic time-like Ricci curvature bounds.
result Established sufficient conditions for global hyperbolicity and formulated time-like Ricci curvature bounds without push-up and regularity assumptions.

The study proves timelike Ricci bounds for low regularity spacetimes using optimal transport.

problem Proving timelike Ricci bounds for spacetimes with low regularity.
method Using optimal transport to prove timelike measure-contraction property.
result Timelike curvature-dimension condition holds for C1,1\smash{\mathrm{C}^{1,1}} metrics.

Sharp isoperimetric inequality proven for specific metric measure spaces.

problem Proving isoperimetric inequality in metric measure spaces with synthetic conditions.
method Synthetic condition called Measure-Contraction property; Lévy-Gromov inequality.
result Sharp isoperimetric inequality holds true for spaces with synthetic conditions.

Study compares isoperimetric profiles on manifolds with integral Ricci curvature bounds.

problem Comparing isoperimetric profiles on manifolds with integral Ricci curvature bounds.
method Extending previous work, the study uses integral bounds on Ricci curvature to prove comparison results for isoperimetric profile functions.
result Comparison results for the Isoperimetric profile function in manifolds with integral bounds on Ricci curvature.