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This is the second of two papers wherein we estimate multiscale least squares approximations of certain measures by Menger-type curvatures. More specifically, we study an arbitrary d-regular measure on a real separable Hilbert space. The…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Gilad Lerman , J. Tyler Whitehouse

In this note, we prove a Trudinger-Moser inequality for conical metric in the unit ball. Precisely, let $\mathbb{B}$ be the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^N$ $(N\geq 2)$, $p>1$, $g=|x|^{\frac{2p}{N}\beta}(dx_1^2+\cdots+dx_N^2)$ be a conical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Yunyan Yang , Xiaobao Zhu

We prove a regularity result for unit volume conformal metrics with integral scalar curvature bounds for $p>n/2$ and first eigenvalue of $\Delta$ bounded from below by a constant $B > \Lambda_1(S^n,[g_{st.}]).$

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-09 Henrik Matthiesen

This paper is a continuation of I, (same title), and is concerned with the existence, regularity and degeneration of metrics minimizing natural curvature functionals on the space of metrics on 3-manifolds. The functionals chosen are…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-09-25 Michael T. Anderson

We show that any space with a positive upper curvature bound has in a small neighborhood of any point a closely related metric with a negative upper curvature bound.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-14 Alexander Lytchak , Stephan Stadler

This paper considers the prescribed zero scalar curvature and mean curvature problem on the n-dimensional Euclidean ball for $n \geq 3$. Given a rotationally symmetric function $H:\partial B^{n}\rightarrow R$, in this work, we will prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-06 Alvaro Ortiz , Gonzalo Garcia

Cosmic spatial curvature is a fundamental geometric quantity of the Universe. We investigate a model independent, geometric approach to measure spatial curvature directly from observations, without any derivatives of data. This employs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 Mikhail Denissenya , Eric V. Linder , Arman Shafieloo

We give a partial negative answer to a question left open in a previous work by Brasco and the first and third-named authors concerning the sharp constant in the fractional Hardy inequality on convex sets. Our approach has a geometrical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Francesca Bianchi , Giorgio Stefani , Anna Chiara Zagati

We prove a sharp quantitative version for the stability of the Sobolev inequality with explicit constants. Moreover, the constants have the correct behavior in the limit of large dimensions, which allows us to deduce an optimal quantitative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Jean Dolbeault , Maria J. Esteban , Alessio Figalli , Rupert L. Frank , Michael Loss

The study of comparison theorems in geometry has a rich history. In this paper, we establish a comparison theorem for polyhedra in 3-manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature, answering affirmatively a dihedral rigidity conjecture by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Chao Li

Given metric quotients $S$ and $S_n$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$, of a metric space $X$, sufficient conditions are provided on the data defining them guaranteeing that $S$ is the Gromov-Hausdorff limit of $S_n$. These conditions are recognized…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Marcel Vinhas

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

Seiberg-Witten theory leads to a delicate interplay between Riemannian geometry and smooth topology in dimension four. In particular, the scalar curvature of any metric must satisfy certain non-trivial estimates if the manifold in question…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Claude LeBrun

We study the asymptotic behavior of piecewise constant least squares regression estimates, when the number of partitions of the estimate is penalized. We show that the estimator is consistent in the relevant metric if the signal is in…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Leif Boysen , Volkmar Liebscher , Axel Munk , Olaf Wittich

Let $g=e^{2u}(dx^2+dy^2)$ be a conformal metric defined on the unit disk of $\mathbf{C}$. We give an estimate of $\|\nabla u\|_{L^{2,\infty}(D_\frac{1}{2})}$ when $\|K(g)\|_{L^1}$ is small and $\frac{\mu(B_r^g(z),g)}{\pi r^2}<\Lambda$ for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-11-11 Yuxiang Li , Jianxin Sun , Hongyan Tang

Given a conformal metric with finite total Q-curvature, we show that the assumptions on scalar curvature sensitively govern the Q-curvature integral. Additionally, we introduce a conformal mass for such manifolds. Using such mass, we…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Mingxiang Li

All spherically symmetric Riemannian metrics of constant scalar curvature in any dimension can be written down in a simple form using areal coordinates. All spherical metrics are conformally flat, so we search for the conformally flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-19 Patryk Mach , Niall Ó Murchadha

In this paper we investigate complete critical metrics of the $L^{2}$-norm of the scalar curvature. We prove that any complete critical metric with positive scalar curvature has constant scalar curvature and we characterize critical metrics…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-10-10 Giovanni Catino

The rigidity theorems of Llarull and Marques-Neves, which show two different ways scalar curvature can characterize the sphere, have associated stability conjectures. Here we produce the first examples related to these stability…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Paul Sweeney

We consider the linear growth of matter perturbations on low redshifts in modified gravity Dark Energy (DE) models where G_eff(z,k) is explicitly scale-dependent. Dispersion in the growth today will only appear for scales of the order the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-06 Radouane Gannouji , Bruno Moraes , David Polarski