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Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Balázs Csikós , Amr Elnashar , Márton Horváth

Let $M^n$, $n\ge3$, be a compact differentiable manifold with nonpositive Yamabe invariant $\sigma(M)$. Suppose $g_0$ is a continuous metric with $V(M, g_0)=1$, smooth outside a compact set $\Sigma$, and is in $W^{1,p}_{loc}$ for some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Yuguang Shi , Luen-Fai Tam

We classify $n$-dimensional geometric graph manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature, and first show that if $n>3$, the universal cover splits off a codimension 3 Euclidean factor. We then proceed with the classification of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Luis Florit , Wolfgang Ziller

We classify all smooth flat Riemannian metrics on the two-dimensional plane. In the complete case, it is well-known that these metrics are isometric to the Euclidean metric. In the incomplete case, there is an abundance of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-01-14 Vincent E. Coll, , Lee B. Whitt

The mobility of a Kaehler metric is the dimension of the space of metrics with which it is c-projectively equivalent. The mobility is at least two if and only if the Kaehler metric admits a nontrivial hamiltonian 2-form. After summarizing…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-20 David M. J. Calderbank , Vladimir S. Matveev , Stefan Rosemann

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

We study conformal metrics on $R^3$, i.e., metrics of the form $g_u=e^{2u}|dx|^2$, which have constant $Q$-curvature and finite volume. This is equivalent to studying the non-local equation $$ (-\Delta)^\frac32 u = 2 e^{3u}$$ in $R^3$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-26 Tianling Jin , Ali Maalaoui , Luca Martinazzi , Jingang Xiong

A classic result by Gromov and Lawson states that a Riemannian metric of non--negative scalar curvature on the Torus must be flat. The analogous rigidity result for the standard sphere was shown by Llarull. Later Goette and Semmelmann…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-07-13 Mario Listing

Consider an orientable compact surface in three dimensional Euclidean space with minimum total absolute curvature. If the Gaussian curvature changes sign to finite order and satisfies a nondegeneracy condition along closed asymptotic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-17 Qing Han , Marcus Khuri

We prove that the space of smooth Riemannian metrics on the three-ball with non-negative Ricci curvature and strictly convex boundary is path connected; and, moreover, that the associated moduli space (i.e., modulo orientation-preserving…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Antonio Ache , Davi Maximo , Haotian Wu

In this work, the dual flatness, which is connected with Statistics and Information geometry, of general $(\alpha,\beta)$-metrics (a new class of Finsler metrics) is studied. A nice characterization for such metrics to be dually flat under…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-02-05 Changtao Yu

Let $(X,L_{X})$ be an $n$-dimensional polarized manifold. Let $D$ be a smooth hypersurface defined by a holomorphic section of $L_{X}$. In this paper, we show the existence of a complete K\"{a}hler metric on $X \setminus D$ whose scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Takahiro Aoi

We study the existence of conformal metrics on non-compact Riemannian manifolds with non-compact boundary, which are complete as metric spaces and have negative constant scalar curvature in the interior and negative constant mean curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Juan Alcon Apaza , Sergio Almaraz

We study the space of complete Riemannian metrics of nonnegative curvature on the plane equipped with the C^k topology. If k is infinite, we show that the space is homeomorphic to the separable Hilbert space. For any k we prove that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Igor Belegradek , Jing Hu

We study the problem of deforming a Riemannian metric to a conformal one with nonzero constant scalar curvature and nonzero constant boundary mean curvature on a compact manifold of dimension $n\geq 3$. We prove the existence of such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Xuezhang Chen , Liming Sun

We show that a Riemannian 3-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature and mean-convex boundary is flat if it contains an absolutely area-minimizing (in the free boundary sense) half-cylinder or strip. Analogous results also hold for a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Han Hong , Gaoming Wang

The \emph{flat deformation theorem} states that given a semi-Riemannian analytic metric $g$ on a manifold, locally there always exists a two-form $F$, a scalar function $c$, and an arbitrarily prescribed scalar constraint depending on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-20 Josep Llosa , Jaume Carot

There are three main components to this article: (i) A formula for the eta invariant of the signature complex for any finite subgroup of ${\rm{SO}}(4)$ acting freely on $S^3$ is given. An application of this is a non-existence result for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-20 Michael T. Lock , Jeff A. Viaclovsky

We show that a complete contractible 3-manifold with positive scalar curvature and bounded geometry must be $\mathbb R^3$. We also show that an open handlebody of genus larger than 1 does not admit complete metrics with positive scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Otis Chodosh , Yi Lai , Kai Xu

Some examples of three-dimensional metrics of constant curvature defined by solutions of nonlinear integrable differential equations and their generalizations are constructed. The properties of Riemann extensions of the metrics of constant…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 V. Dryuma