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Scalar curvature rigidity of geodesic balls in S^n

Differential Geometry 2010-05-18 v1 Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

In this paper, we prove a scalar curvature rigidity result for geodesic balls in S^n. This result contrasts sharply with the recent counterexamples to Min-Oo's conjecture for the hemisphere (cf. [5]).

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@article{arxiv.1005.2782,
  title  = {Scalar curvature rigidity of geodesic balls in S^n},
  author = {S. Brendle and F. C. Marques},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.2782},
  year   = {2010}
}