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Let $(\M^n, g)$ be a $n$ dimensional, complete ( compact or noncompact) Riemannian manifold whose Ricci curvature is bounded from below by a constant $-K \le 0$. Let $u$ be a positive solution of the heat equation on $\M^n \times (0,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Qi S. Zhang

We establish a relationship between a certain notion of covering complexity of a Riemannian spin manifold and positive lower bounds on its scalar curvature. This makes use of a pairing between quantitative operator $K$-theory and Lipschitz…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Hao Guo , Guoliang Yu

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold of dimension $n+1$ with smooth boundary and $p\in \partial M$. We prove that there exists a smooth foliation around $p$ whose leaves are submanifolds of dimension $n$, constant mean curvature and its arrive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-04-29 J. Fabio Montenegro

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

Some new differentiable sphere theorems are obtained via the Ricci flow and stable currents. We prove that if $M^n$ is a compact manifold whose normalized scalar curvature and sectional curvature satisfy the pointwise pinching condition…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-14 Juan-Ru Gu , Hong-Wei Xu

We prove a Riemannian positive mass theorem for manifolds with a single asymptotically flat end, but otherwise arbitrary other ends, which can be incomplete and contain negative scalar curvature. The incompleteness and negativity is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-05 Martin Lesourd , Ryan Unger , Shing-Tung Yau

In this paper, we prove that in any compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, of dimension at least 3 and at most 7, there exist infinitely many almost properly embedded free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. This settles the free…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Zhichao Wang

We introduce a local vector field on an $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, defined as the sum of the covariant derivatives of a local orthonormal frame, and derive an explicit identity for its divergence, decomposed into a scalar…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Xu Cheng , Andrés Lipa , Detang Zhou

Let M,g a compact Riemannian n-dimensional manifold. It is well know that, under certain hypothesis, in the conformal class of g there are scalar-flat metrics that have the boundary of M as a constant mean curvature hypersurface. Also,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-30 Marco Ghimenti , Anna Maria Micheletti

The purpose of this article is study rigidity of free boundary minimal two-disks that locally maximize the modified Hawking mass on a Riemannian three-manifold with positive lower bound on its scalar curvature and mean convex boundary.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Rondinelle Batista , Barnabé Lima , João Silva

The doubling conjecture predicts that a manifold admits positive scalar curvature with mean convex boundary if and only if its double admits positive scalar curvature. We show that it holds true for manifolds where the inclusion of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Georg Frenck

We study the supremum of the total mean curvature on the boundary of compact, mean-convex 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature, and a prescribed boundary metric. We establish an additivity property for this supremum and exhibit…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-18 Christos Mantoulidis , Pengzi Miao

One can describe isomorphism of two compact hyperbolic Riemann surfaces of the same genus by a measure-theoretic property: a chosen isomorphism of their fundamental groups corresponds to a homeomorphism on the boundary of the Poincar\'e…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-12-22 Gunther Cornelissen , Janne Kool

In this note, we prove the following generalization of a theorem of Shi and Tam \cite{ShiTam02}: Let $(\Omega, g)$ be an $n$-dimensional ($n \geq 3$) compact Riemannian manifold, spin when $n>7$, with non-negative scalar curvature and mean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-12-27 Michael Eichmair , Pengzi Miao , Xiaodong Wang

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

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 study compact complex 3-manifolds admitting holomorphic Riemannian metrics. We prove a uniformization result: up to a finite unramified cover, such a manifold admits a holomorphic Riemannian metric of constant sectionnal curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-10-25 Sorin Dumitrescu , Abdelghani Zeghib

On a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, we study the set of conformal metrics of negative constant scalar curvature in the interior and positive constant mean curvature on the boundary. Working in the case of positive Yamabe…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Sergio Almaraz , Shaodong Wang

In this note, we review some recent developments related to metric aspects of scalar curvature from the point of view of index theory for Dirac operators. In particular, we revisit index-theoretic approaches to a conjecture of Gromov on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Rudolf Zeidler

This survey describes some recent rigidity results obtained by the authors for the prescribed mean curvature problem on graphs $u : M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Emphasis is put on minimal, CMC and capillary graphs, as well as on graphical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Bruno Bianchini , Giulio Colombo , Marco Magliaro , Luciano Mari , Patrizia Pucci , Marco Rigoli