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We show that in every dimension $n \geq 8$, there exists a smooth closed manifold $M^n$ which does not admit a smooth positive scalar curvature ("psc") metric, but $M$ admits an $\mathrm{L}^\infty$-metric which is smooth and has psc outside…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Simone Cecchini , Georg Frenck , Rudolf Zeidler

We study the constraint equations for the Einstein-scalar field system on compact manifolds. Using the conformal method we reformulate these equations as a determined system of nonlinear partial differential equations. By introducing a new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , James Isenberg , Daniel Pollack

We discuss the geography problem of closed oriented 4-manifolds that admit a Riemannian metric of positive scalar curvature, and use it to survey mathematical work employed to address Gromov's observation that manifolds with positive scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Agnese Mantione , Rafael Torres

The main result of this article is a Llarull-type rigidity statement for scalar curvature on Riemannian spin manifolds with cone-like singularities in odd dimensions. The even dimensional analog was proven in an earlier work together with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Lukas Schoenlinner

The cycle-preserving symmetries for the nine two-dimensional real spaces of constant curvature are collectively obtained within a Cayley-Klein framework. This approach affords a unified and global study of the conformal structure of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-19 Francisco J. Herranz , Mariano Santander

Let M be a compact manifold with boundary. In this paper, we discuss some rigidity theorems of metrics in a same conformal class that fixes the boundary and satisfy certain integral conditions on the the scalar curvatures and the mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-26 Ezequiel Barbosa , Heudson Mirandola , Feliciano Vitorio

We study compactness for nonnegative solutions of the fourth order constant $Q$-curvature equations on smooth compact Riemannian manifolds of dimension $\ge 5$. If the $Q$-curvature equals $-1$, we prove that all solutions are universally…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-16 YanYan Li , Jingang Xiong

Let $M^n(n\geq3)$ be an $n$-dimensional compact Riemannian manifold with harmonic curvature and positive scalar curvature. Assume that $M^n$ satisfies some integral pinching conditions. We give some rigidity theorems on compact manifolds…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-12 Hai-Ping Fu

This paper investigates conformal deformations of the scalar curvature and mean curvature on complete Riemannian manifolds with boundary. We establish sufficient conditions for the existence of conformal deformations to complete metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Tiarlos Cruz , Almir Silva Santos

We introduce partial secondary invariants associated to complete Riemannian metrics which have uniformly positive scalar curvature outside a prescribed subset on a spin manifold. These can be used to distinguish such Riemannian metrics up…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2017-06-15 Rudolf Zeidler

In this paper, we prove for $n\leq 7$ that if a differentiable $n$-manifold contains a relatively incompressible essential hypersurface in some class $\mathcal C_{deg}$, then it admits no complete metric with positive scalar curvature.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Jie Chen , Peng Liu , Yuguang Shi , Jintian Zhu

We explain how to derive largeness constraints in scalar curvature geometry using some basic splitting results and the potential theory on singular area minimizing hypersurfaces. This includes a variety of results like the non-existence of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Joachim Lohkamp

Let $(X, g^+)$ be an asymptotically hyperbolic manifold and $(M, [\hat{h}])$ its conformal infinity. Our primary aim in this paper is to introduce the prescribed fractional scalar curvature problem on $M$ and provide solutions under various…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-31 Seunghyeok Kim

We show that a compact quaternionic-K\"ahler manifold with positive scalar curvature and nonnegative sectional curvature is isometric to a symmetric space. This extends a classical theorem of Berger.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-30 S. Brendle , U. Semmelmann

This is a survey of the current state of the question "Which closed connected manifolds of dimension $n\ge 5$ admit Riemannian metrics whose scalar curvature function is everywhere positive?" The introduction gives a brief overview of these…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Stephan Stolz

A compactness theorem is proved for a family of K\"{a}hler surfaces with constant scalar curvature and volume bounded from below, diameter bounded from above, Ricci curvature bounded and the signature bounded from below. Furthermore, a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-04-04 Hongliang Shao

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold M of dimension n whose boundary \partial M is totally geodesic and is isometric to the standard sphere S^{n-1}. A natural conjecture of Min-Oo asserts that if the scalar curvature of M is at least…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-18 S. Brendle , F. C. Marques , A. Neves

In this note we prove that a four-dimensional compact oriented half-confor\-mally flat Riemannian manifold $M^4$ is topologically $\mathbb{S}^{4}$ or $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^{2},$ provided that the sectional curvatures all lie in the interval…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-17 R. Diógenes , E. Ribeiro , E. Rufino

In this paper,we obtain two results on closed Reimainnian manifold $M\times [0,T]$.When $T$ is small enough,to any prescribed scalar curvature, the existence and uniqueness of metrics are obtained on the volume element preserving…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhi-Zhang Wang

In this paper we give sufficient conditions on a compact orbifold with an extremal Kaehler metric to admit a resolution with an extremal Kaehler metric. We also complete the Kaehler constant scalar curvature case.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-17 Claudio Arezzo , Riccardo Lena , Lorenzo Mazzieri