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V-static spaces with positive isotropic curvature

Differential Geometry 2021-03-31 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we give a complete classification of critical metrics of the volume functional on a compact manifold MM with boundary M\partial M having positive isotropic curvature. We prove that for a pair (f,κ)(f, \kappa) of a nontrivial smooth function f:MRf: M \to {\Bbb R} and a nonnegative real number κ\kappa, if (M,g)(M, g) having positive isotropic curvature satisfies Ddf(Δf)gfRic=κg, Ddf - (\Delta f)g - f{\rm Ric} = \kappa g, then (M,g)(M, g) is isometric to a geodesic ball in Sn{\Bbb S}^n when κ>0\kappa >0, and either MM isometric to S+n{\Bbb S}^n_+, or the product I×Sn1I \times {\Bbb S}^{n-1}, up to finite cover when κ=0\kappa =0.

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@article{arxiv.2103.16039,
  title  = {V-static spaces with positive isotropic curvature},
  author = {Gabjin Yun and Seungsu Hwang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.16039},
  year   = {2021}
}
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