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Nonexistence of NNSC-cobordism of Bartnik data

Differential Geometry 2021-02-09 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of nonnegative scalar curvature (NNSC) cobordism of Bartnik data (Σ1n1,γ1,H1)(\Sigma_1^{n-1}, \gamma_1, H_1) and (Σ2n1,γ2,H2)(\Sigma_2^{n-1}, \gamma_2, H_2). We prove that given two metrics γ1\gamma_1 and γ2\gamma_2 on Sn1S^{n-1} (3n73\le n\le 7) with H1H_1 fixed, then (Sn1,γ1,H1)(S^{n-1}, \gamma_1, H_1) and (Sn1,γ2,H2)(S^{n-1}, \gamma_2, H_2) admit no NNSC cobordism provided the prescribed mean curvature H2H_2 is large enough(Theorem \ref{highdimnoncob0}). Moreover, we show that for n=3n=3, a much weaker condition that the total mean curvature S2H2dμγ2\int_{S^2}H_2d\mu_{\gamma_2} is large enough rules out NNSC cobordisms(Theorem \ref{2-d0}); if we require the Gaussian curvature of γ2\gamma_2 to be positive, we get a criterion for non existence of trivial NNSC-cobordism by using Hawking mass and Brown-York mass(Theorem \ref{cobordism20}). For the general topology case, we prove that (Σ1n1,γ1,0)(\Sigma_1^{n-1}, \gamma_1, 0) and (Σ2n1,γ2,H2)(\Sigma_2^{n-1}, \gamma_2, H_2) admit no NNSC cobordism provided the prescribed mean curvature H2H_2 is large enough(Theorem \ref{highdimnoncob10}).

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@article{arxiv.2011.00204,
  title  = {Nonexistence of NNSC-cobordism of Bartnik data},
  author = {Leyang Bo and Yuguang Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.00204},
  year   = {2021}
}

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17pages, All comments are welcome! The paper has been accepted for publication in SCIENCE CHINA Mathematics