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We prove that if a complete Riemannian $n$-manifold with non-trivial codimension 1 homology with $\mathbb{Z}_2$-coefficients or $\mathbb{Z}$-coefficients has positive macroscopic scalar curvature large enough, then it contains a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Teo Gil Moreno de Mora Sardà

In this paper, we establish two $p$-eigenvalue pinching sphere theorems, for the \( p \)-Laplacian, $p>1$. The first result states that if the first non-zero $p$-eigenvalue of a closed Riemannian $n$-manifold with sectional curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Paulo Henryque C. Silva

We give sharp sectional curvature estimates for complete immersed cylindrically bounded $m$-submanifolds $\phi:M\to N\times\mathbb{R}^{\ell}$, $n+\ell\leq 2m-1$ provided that either $\phi$ is proper with the second fundamental form with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-09-30 Luis J. Alias , G. Pacelli Bessa , J. Fabio Montenegro

In this note we prove that a constant mean curvature surface is proper-biharmonic in the unit Euclidean sphere $\mathbb{S}^4$ if and only if it is minimal in a hypersphere $\mathbb{S}^3(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})$.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-03-02 A. Balmuş , C. Oniciuc

For a compact spin Riemannian manifold $(M,g^{TM})$ of dimension $n$ such that the associated scalar curvature $k^{TM}$ verifies that $k^{TM}\geqslant n(n-1)$, Llarull's rigidity theorem says that any area-decreasing smooth map $f$ from $M$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Yihan Li , Guangxiang Su , Xiangsheng Wang

The group $\text{Diff}(\mathcal{M})$ of diffeomorphisms of a closed manifold $\mathcal{M}$ is naturally equipped with various right-invariant Sobolev norms $W^{s,p}$. Recent work showed that for sufficiently weak norms, the geodesic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-12 Martin Bauer , Cy Maor

In this paper, we consider the essential spectrum of submanifolds in Euclidean spaces under various geometric hypotheses. Our results involve extrinsic conditions such as finite total mean curvature, the convergence of the gradient of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Yuxin Dong , Hezi Lin , Wei Zhang

In this paper, we give pinching Theorems for the first nonzero eigenvalue $\lambda$ of the Laplacian on the compact hypersurfaces of the Euclidean space. Indeed, we prove that if the volume of $M$ is 1 then, for any $\epsilon>0$, there…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruno Colbois , Jean-Francois Grosjean

The sectional curvature of the volume preserving diffeomorphism group of a Riemannian manifold $M$ can give information about the stability of inviscid, incompressible fluid flows on $M$. We demonstrate that the submanifold of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-09 Pearce Washabaugh , Stephen C. Preston

We consider an asymptotically flat Riemannian spin manifold of positive scalar curvature. An inequality is derived which bounds the Riemann tensor in terms of the total mass and quantifies in which sense curvature must become small when the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Felix Finster , Ines Kath

We prove that if a closed Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ has finite fundamental group and satisfies the curvature condition \begin{equation*} R_{1313} +R_{1414} +R_{2323} + R_{2424} > \tfrac{1}{2}\left(R_{1212} + R_{3434}\right)…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-01 Xiaolong Li

We prove that there exists a metric of positive curvature in a three-sphere which admits a given torus knot as a closed geodesic.We also sketch a construction of a metric in a four sphere, very likely of positive curvature, which admits a…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Alexander Reznikov

In this article, we prove an eigenvalue pinching theorem for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on compact hypersurfaces in a sphere. Let $(M^n,g)$ be a closed, connected and oriented Riemannian manifold isometrically immersed by $\phi$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-08-28 Yingxiang Hu , Hongwei Xu

Let $\big(M,g^{TM}\big)$ be a noncompact complete spin Riemannian manifold of even dimension $n$, with $k^{TM}$ denote the associated scalar curvature. Let $f\colon M\rightarrow S^{n}(1)$ be a smooth area decreasing map, which is locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-23 Weiping Zhang

Using minimal hypersurfaces, we obtain topological obstructions to admitting complete metrics with positive scalar curvature on a given class of non-compact n-manifolds with n less than 8. We show that the Liouville theorem for a locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Martin Lesourd , Ryan Unger , Shing-Tung Yau

Let $ M^{n+1} $ ($ n \ge 2 $) be a simply-connected space form of sectional curvature $ -\kappa^2 $ for some $ \kappa \geq 0 $, and $ I $ an interval not containing $ [-\kappa,\kappa] $ in its interior. It is known that the domain of a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-08-17 Pedro Zühlke

Let M be a complete n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, if the sobolev inqualities hold on M, then the geodesic ball has maximal volume growth; if the Ricci curvature of M is nonnegative, and one of the general Sobolev inequalities holds on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Qihua Ruan , Zhihua Chen

For Einstein manifolds with negative scalar curvature admitting an isometric action of a Lie group G with compact, smooth orbit space, we show the following rigidity result: The nilradical N of G acts polarly, and the N-orbits can be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-11 Christoph Böhm , Ramiro A. Lafuente

In this short note we show the following result: Let $(M^{2n+1},g)$ ($n \geq 2$) be a compact Sasaki manifold with positive transverse orthogonal bisectional curvature. Then $\pi_1(M)$ is finite, and the universal cover of $(M^{2n+1},g)$ is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-01-10 Hong Huang

In Riemannian geometry, the Cheng's maximal diameter rigidity theorem says that if a complete $n$-manifold $M$ of Ricci curvature, $\operatorname{Ric}_M\ge (n-1)$, has the maximal diameter $\pi$, then $M$ is isometric to the unit sphere…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Tianyin Ren , Xiaochun Rong
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