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Scalar curvature lower bounds on asymptotically flat manifolds

Differential Geometry 2024-05-17 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the scalar curvature in the distributional sense of \cite{MR3366052} and the scalar curvature lower bound in the β\beta-weak (β(0,12))(\beta\in(0, \frac{1}{2})) sense of \cite{MR4685089} on an asymptotically flat nn-manifold with a W1,p(p>n)W^{1,p}(p>n) metric. We first show that the scalar curvature lower bound under the Ricci-DeTurck flow depends on the scalar curvature lower bound in the β\beta-weak sense and the time. Then we prove that the lower bound of the distributional scalar curvature of a W1,pW^{1, p} metric coincides with the lower bound of the scalar curvature in the β\beta-weak sense at infinity.

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@article{arxiv.2405.09750,
  title  = {Scalar curvature lower bounds on asymptotically flat manifolds},
  author = {Yuqiao Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.09750},
  year   = {2024}
}