We show that any space with a positive upper curvature bound has in a small neighborhood of any point a closely related metric with a negative upper curvature bound.
Characterizes orbifolds with upper curvature bounds as reflectofolds.
problem Understanding orbifolds with upper curvature bounds.
method Characterization through Alexandrov curvature and reflectofolds.
result Quotients of Riemannian manifolds by isometries have locally bounded curvature if and only if they are reflectofolds.
Upper bound for conjugate radius in open manifolds with scalar curvature and spectrum constraints.
problem Bounding the conjugate radius of open manifolds with specific curvature and spectrum conditions.
method Established an upper bound using scalar curvature and bottom-of-spectrum constraints.
result For certain conditions, the conjugate radius is no more than π.
Curvature bounds preserved in length-minimizing disks.
problem Preserving curvature bounds in length-minimizing disks.
method Analyzing length-minimizing disks and their curvature properties.
result Length-minimizing disks inherit curvature bounds from the target.
Lower bounds on curvature integral for manifolds with curvature constraints.
problem Bounding curvature integrals under curvature constraints.
method Proving a lower bound for the curvature integral using dimension, upper curvature bounds, and injectivity radius.
result Uniformly bounded below integral of scalar curvature.
Study wall singularities in spaces with upper curvature bounds.
problem Understanding singularities in spaces with curvature constraints.
method Geometric structure theorem and geometric characterization for codimension one and two.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for singular sets to be of codimension at least two.
Optimal volume limit found for Kähler manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
problem Bounding the volume of Kähler manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
method Using δ-invariants and Newton--Okounkov bodies.
result Derive the optimal volume upper bound and new characterization of the complex projective space.
The paper proves curvature-related dimension bounds for manifolds.
problem Proving dimension bounds for manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
method Using asymptotic cones and linear growth harmonic functions.
result Upper bounds on essential and Hausdorff dimensions of manifolds.
Lower bounds for geodesic ball volume in 3D with Ricci curvature constraints.
problem Finding volume bounds in 3D manifolds with Ricci curvature limits.
method Providing lower bounds for geodesic ball volume with upper bounds on Ricci curvature.
result Established lower bounds for geodesic ball volume under Ricci curvature constraints.
In this paper, we will present some characterizations for the upper bound of the Bakry-Emery curvature on a Riemannian manifold by using functional inequalities on path space. Moreover, some characterizations for general lower and upper bounds of Ricci curvature are also given, which extends the recent results derived …
Upper bounds for Steklov eigenvalues on curved submanifolds.
problem Eigenvalue bounds for Steklov problem on submanifolds.
method Reilly-type upper bounds for p-Steklov eigenvalues. result Proved upper bounds for the first non-zero eigenvalue.
The study sets limits on heat equation solutions' Hessians on curved spaces.
problem Bounding Hessians of positive solutions to heat equations on Kähler manifolds.
method Global and local upper bounds for Hessian matrices under curvature constraints.
result Improved bounds on Hessians for Riemannian manifolds with lower sectional curvature.
The paper extends Reshetnyak's theorem to Lorentzian length spaces with upper curvature bounds.
problem Characterizing upper curvature bounds in Lorentzian geometry.
method Analogous to Reshetnyak's theorem, using convex regions and 1-anti-Lipschitz maps.
result Characterization of upper curvature bounds via four-point configurations.
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.
Upper bounds on Betti numbers via curvature constraints.
problem Bounding Betti numbers of Riemannian manifolds.
method Integral bounds on curvature eigenvalues, Bochner technique.
result New curvature condition for vanishing Betti numbers.
The study bounds heat kernel for manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
problem Estimating heat kernel for manifolds with Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature.
method Gaussian upper bound for heat kernel, proving L^1-Liouville property, deriving eigenvalue bounds.
result Established Gaussian upper bound for heat kernel, derived eigenvalue bounds.
Upper bounds on area for surfaces with constant mean curvature in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
problem Finding area constraints for surfaces with constant mean curvature in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Established an upper bound on the area of closed embedded surfaces with constant mean curvature at least one, depending on the mean curvature and genus bounds.
result Area bound implies compactness for such surfaces, with specific proportional bounds for Bryant surfaces.
Sharp upper bound found for stable minimal surfaces.
problem Bounding the diameter of stable minimal surfaces.
method Analyzing three-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
result Sharp upper bound for the diameter of stable minimal surfaces.
Sharp upper bounds derived for capacities in hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces.
problem Finding upper limits for the capacity of compact sets in hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces.
method Inverse mean curvature flow, unit-speed normal flow, weak inverse mean curvature flow, inverse anisotropic mean curvature flow.
result Various sharp upper bounds for the p-capacity of compact sets in hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces are derived. Proves upper bound on filling radius for manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
problem Bounding the filling radius of manifolds with positive scalar curvature.
method Quantitative operator K-theory and index theory.
result Proves a quantitative upper bound on the filling radius.
In this paper, we obtain classification of four-dimensional Einstein manifolds with positive Ricci curvature and pinched sectional curvature. In particular, the first result concerns with an upper bound of sectional curvature, improving a theorem of E. Costa. The second is a generalization of D. Yang's result assuming …
Upper bounds for circumradius in Hadamard surfaces with curvature constraints.
problem Bounding circumradius in Hadamard surfaces with curvature constraints.
method Using curvature constraints to derive upper bounds for circumradius.
result Upper bounds for circumradius in terms of curvature bounds.
Short note on upper bounds for loop homology classes.
problem Critical values of homology classes in loop spaces of manifolds.
method Analysis of Riemannian and Finsler metrics with positive Ricci curvature.
result Upper bounds for shortest closed geodesics on manifolds.
In this paper, we give the sharp upper bound for the number of vertices with positive curvature in a planar graph with nonnegative combinatorial curvature. Based on this, we show that the automorphism group of a planar---possibly infinite---graph with nonnegative combinatorial curvature and positive total curvature is …
Based on C. Li and Y. Rubinstein's upper bisectional curvature bound estimate for the conic Kähler metric, we can construct a smoothing sequence for the conic metric with uniformly upper bisectional curvature bound. For the conic metric along a simple normal crossing divisor with triple or higher multiple points we may…
In this note we show that in metric measure spaces satisfying the reduced curvature-dimension condition CD*(K,N) we always have geodesics in the Wasserstein space of probability measures that satisfy the critical convexity inequality of CD*(K,N) also for intermediate times and in addition the measures along these geode…
We study geometric and topological properties of locally compact, geodesically complete spaces with an upper curvature bound. We control the size of singular subsets, discuss homotopical and measure-theoretic stratifications and regularity of the metric structure on a large part.
Uniform bounds for eigenvalues of Hodge Laplacian on manifolds with lower Ricci curvature.
problem Establishing bounds for eigenvalues of Hodge Laplacian under lower Ricci curvature.
method Using geometric assumptions including lower Ricci curvature, injectivity radius, and diameter bounds.
result Uniform eigenvalue bounds for the Hodge Laplacian and connection Laplacian.
The aim of this paper is to give not only an explicit upper bound of the total Q-curvature but also an induced isoperimetric deficit formula for the complete conformal metrics on Rn, n≥3 with scalar curvature being nonnegative near infinity and Q-curvature being absolutely convergent.
We prove a parametrized compactness theorem on manifolds of bounded Ricci curvature, upper bounded diameter and lower bounded injectivity radius.
Study on scalar curvature bounds and manifold topological complexity.
problem Understanding the topological complexity of manifolds with scalar curvature constraints.
method Introduced a small scale index theorem to establish bounds for Gromov's simplicial norm.
result Upper bound for Gromov's simplicial norm established in terms of scalar curvature, volume, and injectivity radius.
This article shows that under locally uniformly integral bounds of the negative part of Ricci curvature the heat kernel admits a Gaussian upper bound for small times. This provides general assumptions on the geometry of a manifold such that certain function spaces are in the Kato class. Additionally, the results imply …
Proves almost flat manifolds with mixed curvature bounds.
problem Finding structures with mixed curvature bounds.
method Mixed curvature analogue of Gromov's almost flat manifolds theorem.
result Proves upper and lower curvature bounds for almost flat manifolds.
Upper bounds on Laplacian eigenvalues on manifolds with non-negative curvature.
problem Bounding Laplacian eigenvalues on manifolds with non-negative scalar curvature.
method Investigation of invariant spectrum on compact Riemannian manifolds with large isometry groups.
result Upper bounds for eigenvalues of the invariant spectrum assuming non-negative scalar curvature.
Upper bounds for eigenvalues on submanifolds in weighted manifolds.
problem Eigenvalue bounds for submanifolds in weighted Riemannian manifolds.
method Proving upper bounds for divergence-type operators and Steklov problems on submanifolds.
result Reilly-type upper bounds for eigenvalues.
Sharp upper diameter limit found for Ricci solitons.
problem Bounding the diameter of compact shrinking Ricci solitons.
method Used a sharp logarithmic Sobolev inequality and Vitali-type covering argument.
result Sharp upper diameter bound established in terms of scalar curvature and entropy.
Bray's football theorem (\cite{bray2009penrose}) is a weakening of Bishop theorem in dimension 3. It gives a sharp volume upper bound for a three dimensional manifold with scalar curvature larger than n(n−1) and Ricci curvature larger than ε. This paper extends Bray's football theorem in high dimensions, …
In this paper, we shall give a new upper diameter estimate for complete Riemannian manifolds in the case that the Bakry-Émery Ricci curvature has a positive lower bound and the norm of the potential function has an upper bound. Our diameter estimate improves previous ones obtained by Wei and Wylie (J. Differential Geom…
New Alexandrov-Patchwork construction for Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds.
problem Understanding finite diameter constraints in Lorentzian geometry.
method Constructing Alexandrov-Patchwork and proving Bonnet-Myers theorem for Lorentzian spaces.
result Lorentzian spaces with curvature bounds have finite diameter.
We prove that a locally compact space with an upper curvature bound is a topological manifold if and only if all of its spaces of directions are homotopy equivalent and not contractible. We discuss applications to homology manifolds, limits of Riemannian manifolds and deduce a sphere theorem.
Paper bounds total geodesic curvature using boundary data in hyperbolic gravity.
problem Bounding total geodesic curvature in a hyperbolic setting.
method Derives an upper bound for total geodesic curvature in terms of boundary data.
result Upper bound for total geodesic curvature expressed solely in terms of boundary data.
Compactness theorem for manifolds with scalar curvature and entropy bounds.
problem Understanding the structure of manifolds with specific curvature and entropy bounds.
method Using volume upper bounds to prove Gromov-Hausdorff closeness to Euclidean balls.
result Unit balls in such manifolds are bi-Hölder and bi-W1,p homeomorphic to Euclidean balls. In this paper we generalize the main result of [4] for manifolds that are not necessarily Einstein. In fact, we obtain an upper bound for the volume of a locally volume-minimizing closed hypersurface Σ of a Riemannian 5-manifold M with scalar curvature bounded from below by a positive constant in terms of the total…
The paper estimates Betti numbers for graphs with specific curvatures, proving bounds and characterizing rigidity.
problem Estimating Betti numbers for graphs with non-negative curvatures.
method Establishing Betti number estimates for graphs with non-negative Ollivier and Bakry-Émery curvatures.
result Upper bounds on the first Betti number for graphs with non-negative curvatures, with characterizations of rigidity.
Proves upper bounds for heat kernels evolving on manifolds.
problem Bounding heat kernels on evolving manifolds.
method Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and ultracontractivity estimates.
result Gaussian upper bounds for heat kernels are derived.
We give a proof of the fact that the upper and the lower sectional curvature bounds of a complete manifold vary at a bounded rate under the Ricci flow.
We prove a so called κ non-inflating property for Ricci flow, which provides an upper bound for volume ratio of geodesic balls over Euclidean ones, under an upper bound for scalar curvature. This result can be regarded as the opposite statement of Perelman's κ non-collapsing property for Ricci flow. These two resul…
Sharp upper bounds found for solutions of a specific equation on Riemannian manifolds.
problem Finding upper bounds for solutions of a specific equation on Riemannian manifolds.
method Proved sharp upper estimates of weak subsolutions to the Leibenson equation on Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature.
result Improved and proved a conjecture about upper bounds for solutions of the Leibenson equation.