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Let $(M,g_0)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$, for $3 \leq n \leq 7$, and non-negative Ricci curvature. Let $g = \phi^2 g_0$ be a metric in the conformal class of $g_0$. We show that there exists a smooth closed embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-12 Parker Glynn-Adey , Yevgeny Liokumovich

In this paper, we study complete minimal hypersurfaces in Riemannian $n-$manifolds $\mathcal{M}^n$ for dimensions $4 \leq n \leq 7$, and we obtain some results in the spirit of known work for $n=3$. Key contributions include extending the…

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In this paper, we prove that every conformal minimal immersion of a compact bordered Riemann surface $M$ into a minimally convex domain $D\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ can be approximated, uniformly on compacts in $\mathring M=M\setminus bM$, by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Antonio Alarcon , Barbara Drinovec Drnovsek , Franc Forstneric , Francisco J. Lopez

We give an estimate on the lower bound of the first non-zero eigenvalue of the Laplacian for a closed Riemannian manifold with positive Ricci curvature in terms of the in-diameter and the lower bound of the Ricci curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jun Ling

We prove the non-existence of new eigenvalues in $[0,\Lambda]$ for specific and random finite coverings of a complete and connected Riemannian manifold $M$ with Ricci curvature bounded from below, where $\Lambda$ is any positive number…

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We prove for the first time a pointwise lower estimate of the normal injectivity radius of an embedded hypersurface in an arbitrary Riemannian manifold. Main applications include: (i) a pointwise lower estimate of the graphing radius of a…

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Given a three-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary and a finite group of orientation-preserving isometries of this manifold, we prove that the equivariant index of a free boundary minimal surface obtained via an equivariant min-max…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Giada Franz

We develop a min-max theory for the construction of capillary surfaces in 3-manifolds with smooth boundary. In particular, for a generic set of ambient metrics, we prove the existence of nontrivial, smooth, almost properly embedded surfaces…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Chao Li , Xin Zhou , Jonathan J. Zhu

We prove that a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ does not admit any non-trivial $m$-modified homothetic vector fields. In the corresponding case of an $m$-modified conformal vector field $V$, we establish an inequality that implies the…

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We formulate a conjecture relating the topology of a manifold's universal cover with the existence of metrics with positive $m$-intermediate curvature. We prove the result for manifolds of dimension $n\in\{3,4,5\}$ and for most choices of…

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We show that mean curvature flow of a compact submanifold in a complete Riemannian manifold cannot form singularity at time infinity if the ambient Riemannian manifold has bounded geometry and satisfies certain curvature and volume growth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-10-22 Jingyi Chen , Weiyong He

We investigate the finiteness structure of a complete non-compact $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$ whose radial curvature at a base point of $M$ is bounded from below by that of a non-compact von Mangoldt surface of revolution with…

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We give a generalized curvature-dimension inequality connecting the geometry of sub-Riemannian manifolds with the properties of its sub-Laplacian. This inequality is valid on a large class of sub-Riemannian manifolds obtained from…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-30 Erlend Grong , Anton Thalmaier

Let $M$ be a real $l$-dimensional minimal submanifold with flat normal connection in a kaehler product manifold $\overline{M}^m\times \overline{M}^n$ where $\overline{M}^m$ and $\overline{M}^n$ are complex $m$-dimensional and complex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Xingda Liu , Bang Xiao

We show that a complete $3$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$ with finitely generated first homology has macroscopic dimension $1$ if it satisfies the following "macroscopic curvature" assumptions: every ball of radius $10$ in $M$ has…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-18 Hannah Alpert , Alexey Balitskiy , Larry Guth

A minimal geodesic on a Riemannian manifold is a geodesic defined on $\mathbb{R}$ that lifts to a globally distance minimizing curve on the universal covering. Bangert proved that there is a lower bound for the number of geometrically…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Bernd Ammann , Clara Loeh

In this paper we present a proof of a Neumann type maximum principle for the Laplace operator on compact Riemannian manifolds. A key p oint is the simple geometric nature of the constant in the a priori estimate of this maximum principle.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-11-12 Guofang Wei , Rugang Ye

Given a compact Riemannian manifold $M^{n+1}$ with dimension $3\leq n+1\leq 7$ and $\partial M\neq\emptyset$, the free boundary min-max theory built by Martin Man-Chun Li and Xin Zhou shows the existence of a smooth almost properly embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Tongrui Wang

In this paper, we give a lower bound for the spectrum of the Laplacian on minimal hypersurfaces immersed into $H^m \times R$. As an application, in dimension 2, we prove that a complete minimal surface with finite total extrinsic curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Pierre Bérard , Philippe Castillon , Marcos P. Cavalcante