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Perelman's functionals on manifolds with non-isolated conical singularities

Differential Geometry 2023-11-14 v2

Abstract

In this article, we define Perelman's functionals on manifolds with non-isolated conical singularities by starting from a spectral point of view for the Perelman's λ\lambda-functional. (Our definition of non-isolated conical singularities includes isolated conical singularities.) We prove that the spectrum of Schr\"odinger operator 4Δ+R-4\Delta + R on manifolds with non-isolated conical singularities consists of discrete eigenvalues with finite multiplicities, provided that scalar curvatures of cross sections of cones have a certain lower bound. This enables us to define the λ\lambda-functional on these singular manifolds, and further, to prove that the infimum of WW-functional is finite, with the help of some weighted Sobolev inequalities. Furthermore, we obtain some asymptotic behavior of eigenfunctions and the minimizer of the WW-functional near the singularity, and a more refined optimal partial asymptotic expansion for eigenfunctions near isolated conical singularities. We also study the spectrum of 4Δ+R-4\Delta + R and Perelman's functionals on manifolds with more general singularities, i.e. the rαr^{\alpha}-horn singularities which serve as prototypes of algebraic singularities.

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@article{arxiv.2208.08776,
  title  = {Perelman's functionals on manifolds with non-isolated conical singularities},
  author = {Xianzhe Dai and Changliang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.08776},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Sections are re-ordered, some proofs are simplified, some typos and errors are corrected, revised version, 58 pages

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