A sphere theorem for Bach-flat manifolds with positive constant scalar curvature
Differential Geometry
2017-04-24 v1
Abstract
We show a closed Bach-flat Riemannian manifold with a fixed positive constant scalar curvature has to be locally spherical if its Weyl and traceless Ricci tensors are small in the sense of either or -norm. Compared with the complete non-compact case done by Kim, we apply a different method to achieve these results. These results generalize a rigidity theorem of positive Einstein manifolds due to M.-A.Singer. As an application, we can partially recover the well-known Chang-Gursky-Yang's -dimensional conformal sphere theorem.
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@article{arxiv.1704.06633,
title = {A sphere theorem for Bach-flat manifolds with positive constant scalar curvature},
author = {Yi Fang and Wei Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06633},
year = {2017}
}
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11 pages