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We answer a question of Jakobson and Nadirashvili on the asymptotic behavior of the $L^p$ norms of positive and negative parts of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian. More precisely, we show that there exists a sequence of eigenfunctions…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-01 Gabriel Beiner , Nancy Mae Eagles , William Verreault , Runyue Wang

Let $n\ge 2$ and $s\in (n-2,n)$. Assume that $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a one-sided bounded non-tangentially accessible domain with $s$-Ahlfors regular boundary and $\sigma$ is the surface measure on the boundary of $\Omega$, denoted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Jiayi Wang , Dachun Yang , Sibei Yang

Let $g$ be a smooth metric on $\mathbb R^3$ with non-negative scalar curvature. We show that if $g$ satisfies $\vert g(x)-g_{\text{euc}}(x)\vert = O(\vert x\vert^{-1-\tau})$ for some $\tau > 0$ then $g$ must be flat.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Liam Mazurowski , Xuan Yao

We investigate minimal surfaces in products of two-spheres ${\mathbb S}^2_p\times {\mathbb S}^2_p$, with the neutral metric given by $(g,-g)$. Here ${\mathbb S}^2_p\subset {\mathbb R}^{p,3-p}$ , and $g$ is the induced metric on the sphere.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-15 Martha P. Dussan , Nikos Georgiou , Martin Magid

The classification of solutions of the static vacuum Einstein equations, on a given closed manifold or an asymptotically flat one, is a long-standing and much-studied problem. Solutions are characterized by a complete Riemannian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-23 Gregory J Galloway , Eric Woolgar

Doing surgery on the 5-torus, we construct a 5-dimensional closed spin-manifold M with $\pi_1(M) = Z^4times Z/3$, so that the index invariant in the KO-theory of the reduced $C^*$-algebra of $\pi_1(M)$ is zero. Then we use the theory of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-28 Thomas Schick

We consider complete asymptotically flat Riemannian manifolds that are the graphs of smooth functions over $\mathbb R^n$. By recognizing the scalar curvature of such manifolds as a divergence, we express the ADM mass as an integral of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-10-21 Mau-Kwong George Lam

I provide a new idea based on geometric analysis to obtain a positive mass gap in pure non-abelian renormalizable Yang-Mills theory. The orbit space, that is the space of connections of Yang-Mills theory modulo gauge transformations, is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-11-14 Puskar Mondal

Minimal surfaces in the Riemannian product of surfaces of constant curvature have been considered recently, particularly as these products arise as spaces of oriented geodesics of 3-dimensional space-forms. This papers considers more…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Nikos Georgiou , Brendan Guilfoyle

If $G$ is a compact Lie group endowed with a left invariant metric $g$, then $G$ acts via pullback by isometries on each eigenspace of the associated Laplace operator $\Delta_g$. We establish algebraic criteria for the existence of left…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-29 Dorothee Schueth

The globally positive diffeomorphisms of the 2n-dimensional annulus are important because they represent what happens close to a completely elliptic periodic point of a symplectic diffeomorphism where the torsion is positive definite. For…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-09-19 Marie-Claude Arnaud

Let $M$ be a Riemannian 3-manifold of nonnegative Ricci curvature, Ric $\geq 0.$ We suppose that $M$ is conformally flat and simply connected or more generally that it admits a conformal immersion into the standard 3-sphere. Let $\Sigma$ be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-27 Rabah Souam

We study the quasi-local masses arising in general relativity using spinors and prove their positivity property. This leads to the question of a pure quasi-local proof of the positivity of the Wang-Yau \cite{yau} quasi-local mass. More…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Puskar Mondal , Shing-Tung-Yau

In this article we extend several foundational results of the theory of complete minimal surfaces of finite index in the Euclidean space to minimal surfaces in asymptotically flat manifolds and, more generally, to marginally outer-trapped…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Alessandro Carlotto

In this paper, we deal with functionals involving the torsion and the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions (to which we refer as Robin Torsion and Robin Eigenvalue), with other geometrical quantities, in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Rosa Barbato , Alba Lia Masiello , Rossano Sannipoli

In the round 6-sphere, null-torsion holomorphic curves are fundamental examples of minimal surfaces. This class of minimal surfaces is quite rich: By a theorem of Bryant, extended by Rowland, every closed Riemann surface may be conformally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-12-06 Jesse Madnick

We study the smallest positive eigenvalue $\lambda_1(M)$ of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold $M$ which fibers over the circle, with fiber a closed surface of genus $g\geq 2$. We show the existence of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-10-02 Hyungryul Baik , Ilya Gekhtman , Ursula Hamenstaedt

We bound the locations of outermost minimal surfaces in geometrostatic manifolds whose ADM mass is small relative to the separation between the black holes and prove the Intrinsic Flat Stability of the Positive Mass Theorem in this setting.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-07-11 Christina Sormani , Iva Stavrov Allen

The possibility of the global Lagrangian reduction of a mechanical system with symmetry is shown to be connected with the characteristic class of a principal fiber bundle of the configuration space over the factor manifold. It is proved…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2014-01-08 Mikhail P. Kharlamov

The first two eigenvalues of the Robin Laplacian are investigated along with their gap and ratio. Conjectures by various authors for arbitrary domains are supported here by new results for rectangular boxes. Results for rectangular domains…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Richard S. Laugesen