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Scalar curvature and singular metrics

Differential Geometry 2018-03-16 v2

Abstract

Let MnM^n, n3n\ge3, be a compact differentiable manifold with nonpositive Yamabe invariant σ(M)\sigma(M). Suppose g0g_0 is a continuous metric with V(M,g0)=1V(M, g_0)=1, smooth outside a compact set Σ\Sigma, and is in Wloc1,pW^{1,p}_{loc} for some p>np>n. Suppose the scalar curvature of g0g_0 is at least σ(M)\sigma(M) outside Σ\Sigma. We prove that g0g_0 is Einstein outside Σ\Sigma if the codimension of Σ\Sigma is at least 22. If in addition, g0g_0 is Lipschitz then g0g_0 is smooth and Einstein after a change the smooth structure. If Σ\Sigma is a compact embedded hypersurface, and g0g_0 is smooth up to Σ\Sigma from two sides of Σ\Sigma, and if the difference of the mean curvatures along Σ\Sigma at two sides of Σ\Sigma has a fixed appropriate sign. Then g0g_0 is also Einstein outside Σ\Sigma. For manifolds with dimension between 33 and 77 without spin assumption, we obtain a positive mass theorem on an asymptotically flat manifold for metrics with a compact singular set of codimension at least 22.

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@article{arxiv.1611.04056,
  title  = {Scalar curvature and singular metrics},
  author = {Yuguang Shi and Luen-Fai Tam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04056},
  year   = {2018}
}

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