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Level sets of harmonic functions on three-dimensional manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature

Differential Geometry 2025-09-10 v1

Abstract

We investigate the level sets of harmonic functions on (R3{0},g)(\mathbb{R}^{3}\setminus \{0\},g). Drawing inspiration from Miao, we adopt the method developed by Munteanu-Wang to derive a monotonic quantity associated with the level sets of harmonic functions on (R3{0},g)(\mathbb{R}^{3}\setminus \{0\},g) with nonnegative scalar curvature, under certain conditions. Furthermore, we establish a rigidity result for this quantity. Additionally, we find an extra scalar-flat metric on R3{0}\mathbb{R}^{3}\setminus \{0\}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.07608,
  title  = {Level sets of harmonic functions on three-dimensional manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature},
  author = {Yukai Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07608},
  year   = {2025}
}

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12 pages; Comments are welcome