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We start by taking the analytical approach to discuss how the minimizer of Yamabe functional provides constant scalar curvature and its relationship with the Sobolev Space $W^{1,2}.$ Then, after demonstrating the importance of the sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-09 Aoran Chen

For a compact spin Riemannian manifold $(M,g^{TM})$ of dimension $n$ such that the associated scalar curvature $k^{TM}$ verifies that $k^{TM}\geqslant n(n-1)$, Llarull's rigidity theorem says that any area-decreasing smooth map $f$ from $M$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Yihan Li , Guangxiang Su , Xiangsheng Wang

We prove the scalar curvature rigidity for $L^\infty$ metrics on $\mathbb S^n\backslash\Sigma$, where $\mathbb S^n$ is the $n$-dimensional sphere with $n\geq 3$ and $\Sigma$ is a closed subset of $\mathbb S^n$ of codimension at least…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Jinmin Wang , Zhizhang Xie

The paper is devoted to the variational analysis of the Willmore, and other L^2 curvature functionals, among immersions of 2-dimensional surfaces into a compact riemannian m-manifold (M^m,h) with m>2. The goal of the paper is twofold, on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Andrea Mondino , Tristan Rivière

After Chern's conjecture on the discreteness of the constant scalar curvatures of compact minimal submanifolds $M^n$ in unit spheres $\mathbb{S}^{n+q}$, Z. Q. Lu proposed a conjecture regarding the second gap, based on his ingenious…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Weiran Ding , Jianquan Ge , Fagui Li , Xize Yang

We study curvature functionals for immersed 2-spheres in a compact, three-dimensional Riemannian manifold M. Under the assumption that the sectional curvature of M is strictly positive, we prove the existence of a smoothly immersed sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Ernst Kuwert , Andrea Mondino , Johannes Schygulla

We propose a unified computational framework for the problem of deformation and rigidity of submanifolds in a homogeneous space under geometric constraint. A notion of 1-rigidity of a submanifold under admissible deformations is introduced.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sung Ho Wang

In this paper we investigate $m$-dimensional complete minimal submanifolds in Euclidean spheres with index of relative nullity at least $m-2$ at any point. These are austere submanifolds in the sense of Harvey and Lawson \cite{harvey} and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-07-10 M. Dajczer , Th. Kasioumis , A. Savas-Halilaj , Th. Vlachos

In this paper, by meticulously constructing a minimizing sequence within a suitable Sobolev space and leveraging the variational principle, we establish that the first non-zero eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on an embedded…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-11 Lingzhong Zeng

We prove a topological rigidity theorem for closed hypersurfaces of the Euclidean sphere and of an elliptic space form. It asserts that, under a lower bound hypothesis on the absolute value of the principal curvatures, the hypersurface is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Eduardo Longa , Jaime Ripoll

Let $F^{n+p}(c)$ be an $(n+p)$-dimensional simply connected space form with nonnegative constant curvature $c$. We prove that if $M^n(n\geq4)$ is a compact submanifold in $F^{n+p}(c)$, and if $Ric_M>(n-2)(c+H^2),$ where $H$ is the mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-10 Hong-Wei Xu , Juan-Ru Gu

Let $M$ be a complete Sasakian sub-Riemannian $3$-manifold of constant Webster scalar curvature $\kappa$. For any point $p\in M$ and any number $\lambda\in\mathbb{R}$ with $\lambda^2+\kappa>0$, we show existence of a $C^2$ spherical surface…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-24 Ana Hurtado , César Rosales

Stable compact minimal submanifolds of the product of a sphere and any Riemannian manifold are classified whenever the dimension of the sphere is at least three. The complete classification of the stable compact minimal submanifolds of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-06 Francisco Torralbo , Francisco Urbano

In this note we consider the Liouville type theorem for a properly immersed submanifold $M$ in a complete Riemmanian manifold $N$. Assume that the sectional curvature $K^N$ of $N$ satisfies…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-26 Yong Luo

In this paper we consider min-max minimal surfaces in three-manifolds and prove some rigidity results. For instance, we prove that any metric on a 3-sphere which has scalar curvature greater than or equal to 6 and is not round must have an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-19 F. C. Marques , A. Neves

Let $(M,g)$ be a closed connected oriented (possibly non-spin) smooth four-dimensional manifold with scalar curvature bounded below by $n(n-1)$. In this paper, we prove that if $f$ is a smooth map of non-zero degree from $(M, g)$ to the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-21 Simone Cecchini , Jinmin Wang , Zhizhang Xie , Bo Zhu

In this note, we answer positively a question of Yau by proving the existence of closed minimal surfaces with negative induced curvature in any sphere of large dimension. The proof follows the strategy of Song, applying it to closed Riemann…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Michele Ancona , François Labourie , Anna Roig Sanchis , Jérémy Toulisse

Alexandrov's theorem asserts that spheres are the only closed embedded constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in space forms. In this paper, we consider Alexandrov's theorem in warped product manifolds and prove a rigidity result in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Giulio Ciraolo , Alberto Roncoroni , Luigi Vezzoni

We give an alternative proof of the Schoen--Simon--Yau curvature estimates and associated Bernstein-type theorems (1975), and extend the original result by including the case of $6$-dimensional (stable minimal) immersions. The key step is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Costante Bellettini

Let $\Omega$ be a compact and mean-convex domain with smooth boundary $\Sigma:=\partial\Omega$, in an initial data set $(M^3,g,K)$, which has no apparent horizon in its interior. If $\Sigma$ is spacelike in a spacetime $(\E^4,g\_\E)$ with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Oussama Hijazi , Simon Raulot , Sebastian Montiel