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A metric space $X$ is called uniformly acyclic if there there exists an {\it acyclicty control function} $R=R(r)=R_X(r)\geq r $, $0\leq r <\infty$, such that the homology inclusion homomorphisms between the balls around all points $x\in X$,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Misha Gromov

Let $M$ be an orientable connected $n$-dimensional manifold with $n\in\{6,7\}$ and let $Y\subset M$ be a two-sided closed connected incompressible hypersurface which does not admit a metric of positive scalar curvature (abbreviated by psc).…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Simone Cecchini , Daniel Räde , Rudolf Zeidler

We consider the problem of finding a metric in a given conformal class with prescribed nonpositive scalar curvature and nonpositive boundary mean curvature on a compact manifold with boundary, and establish a necessary and sufficient…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-23 Vladmir Sicca , Gantumur Tsogtgerel

We show that any Riemannian metric conformal to the round metric on $S^n$, for $n\geq 4$, arises as a limit of a sequence of Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on $S^n$ in the sense of uniform convergence of Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Man-Chun Lee , Peter M. Topping

The Wu--Yau theorem asserts that a compact K\"ahler manifold with negative holomorphic sectional curvature admits a cohomologous metric with negative Ricci curvature. We introduce a conjectural positive analog of the Wu--Yau theorem and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Kyle Broder

We initiate the study of an analogue of the Yamabe problem for complex manifolds. More precisely, fixed a conformal Hermitian structure on a compact complex manifold, we are concerned in the existence of metrics with constant Chern scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Daniele Angella , Simone Calamai , Cristiano Spotti

In this paper, we prove that, a compact complex manifold $X$ admits a smooth Hermitian metric with positive (resp. negative) scalar curvature if and only if $K_X$ (resp. $K_X^{-1}$) is not pseudo-effective. On the contrary, we also show…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-12 Xiaokui Yang

We present a series of results concerning the interplay between the scalar curvature of a manifold and the mean curvature of its boundary. In particular, we give a complete topological characterization of those compact 3-manifolds that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Alessandro Carlotto , Chao Li

This is a survey on cohomogeneity one manifolds with positive curvature. We discuss the known examples of this type and their geometry and the functions that describe the metric. We also describe the classification of cohomogeneity one…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-07-24 Wolfgang Ziller

We establish curvature obstruction theorems for manifolds with boundary. Our main theorems show that, for dimensions up to 7, a topologically nontrivial compact manifold with boundary cannot have a metric of positive $m$-intermediate…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Jingche Chen , Han Hong

This paper is about positive scalar curvature on a compact manifold $X$ with non-empty boundary $\partial X$. In some cases, we completely answer the question of when $X$ has a positive scalar curvature metric which is a product metric near…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Jonathan Rosenberg , Shmuel Weinberger

We study the space of Riemannian metrics with positive scalar curvature on a compact manifold with boundary. These metrics extend a fixed boundary metric and take a product structure on a collar neighbourhood of the boundary. We show that…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Mark Walsh

In this article we study the space of positive scalar curvature metrics on totally nonspin manifolds with spin boundary. We prove that for such manifolds of certain dimensions, those spaces are not connected and have nontrivial fundamental…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Georg Frenck

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

Let (M,J) be a compact complex 2-manifold which which admits a Kaehler metric for which the integral of the scalar curvature is non-negative. Also suppose that M does not admit a Ricci-flat K\"ahler metric. Then if M is blown up at…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Jongsu Kim , Claude LeBrun , Massimiliano Pontecorvo

We give examples of spin $4$-manifolds with boundary $(M,\partial M)$ such that the boundary $\partial M$ has a positive scalar curvature metric which cannot be extended to a positive scalar curvature metric on $M$ with mean convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Steven Rosenberg , Daniel Ruberman , Jie Xu

We prove for $n\in\{3,4,5\}$ that the connected sum of a closed aspherical $n$-manifold with an arbitrary non-compact manifold does not admit a complete metric with nonnegative scalar curvature. In particular, a special case of our result…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Shuli Chen , Jianchun Chu , Jintian Zhu

Conjecture 1 of Stanley Chang: "Positive scalar curvature of totally nonspin manifolds" asserts that a closed smooth manifold M with non-spin universal covering admits a metric of positive scalar curvature if and only if a certain…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Daniel Pape , Thomas Schick

By studying the Seiberg-Witten equations on end-periodic manifolds, we give an obstruction on the existence of positive scalar curvature metric on compact $4$-manifolds with the same homology as $S^{1}\times S^{3}$. This obstruction is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2019-02-06 Jianfeng Lin

In this paper, we study several types of geometric problems related to the Ricci curvature on noncompact complex manifolds, such as the existence of K\"{a}hler-Einstein metrics on complete K\"{a}hler manifolds with negative Ricci curvature,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Hanzhang Yin