scholarly journals The normalized Ricci flow on four-manifolds and exotic smooth structures

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-918
Author(s):  
Masashi Ishida
Keyword(s):  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures ◽  
Four Manifolds

scholarly journals On normalized Ricci flow and smooth structures on four-manifolds with b+ = 1

2009 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Ishida ◽  
Rareş Răsdeaconu ◽  
Ioana Şuvaina
Keyword(s):  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow ◽  
Four Manifolds

NORMALIZED RICCI FLOW, SURGERY, AND SEIBERG–WITTEN INVARIANTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 1450005
Author(s):  
MASASHI ISHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Existence Theorem ◽  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Einstein Metrics ◽  
Nonsingular Solution ◽  
Ricci Flows ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow ◽  
Four Manifolds ◽  
Special Case

We investigate the behavior of solutions of the normalized Ricci flow under surgeries of four-manifolds along circles by using Seiberg–Witten invariants. As a by-product, we prove that any pair (α, β) of integers satisfying α + β ≡ 0 (mod 2) can be realized as the Euler characteristic χ and signature τ of infinitely many closed smooth 4-manifolds with negative Perelman's [Formula: see text] invariants and on which there is no nonsingular solution to the normalized Ricci flows for any initial metric. In particular, this includes the existence theorem of non-Einstein 4-manifolds due to Sambusetti [An obstruction to the existence of Einstein metrics on 4-manifolds, Math. Ann.311 (1998) 533–547] as a special case.

EIGENVALUES OF GEOMETRIC OPERATORS RELATED TO THE WITTEN LAPLACIAN UNDER THE RICCI FLOW

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-751
Author(s):  
SHOUWEN FANG ◽  
FEI YANG ◽  
PENG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Compact Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Laplacian Operator ◽  
Witten Laplacian ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow ◽  
Geometric Operator

AbstractLet (M, g(t)) be a compact Riemannian manifold and the metric g(t) evolve by the Ricci flow. In the paper, we prove that the eigenvalues of geometric operator −Δφ + $\frac{R}{2}$ are non-decreasing under the Ricci flow for manifold M with some curvature conditions, where Δφ is the Witten Laplacian operator, φ ∈ C2(M), and R is the scalar curvature with respect to the metric g(t). We also derive the evolution of eigenvalues under the normalized Ricci flow. As a consequence, we show that compact steady Ricci breather with these curvature conditions must be trivial.

scholarly journals Surgery along star-shaped plumbings and exotic smooth structures on 4–manifolds

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 1585-1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağri Karakurt ◽  
Laura Starkston
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures

The Disc Embedding Theorem

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Embedding Theorem ◽  
Space Theory ◽  
Topological Category ◽  
Surgery Theory ◽  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Decomposition Space ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures

The disc embedding theorem provides a detailed proof of the eponymous theorem in 4-manifold topology. The theorem, due to Michael Freedman, underpins virtually all of our understanding of 4-manifolds in the topological category. Most famously, this includes the 4-dimensional topological Poincaré conjecture. Combined with the concurrent work of Simon Donaldson, the theorem reveals a remarkable disparity between the topological and smooth categories for 4-manifolds. A thorough exposition of Freedman’s proof of the disc embedding theorem is given, with many new details. A self-contained account of decomposition space theory, a beautiful but outmoded branch of topology that produces non-differentiable homeomorphisms between manifolds, is provided. Techniques from decomposition space theory are used to show that an object produced by an infinite, iterative process, which we call a skyscraper, is homeomorphic to a thickened disc, relative to its boundary. A stand-alone interlude explains the disc embedding theorem’s key role in smoothing theory, the existence of exotic smooth structures on Euclidean space, and all known homeomorphism classifications of 4-manifolds via surgery theory and the s-cobordism theorem. The book is written to be accessible to graduate students working on 4-manifolds, as well as researchers in related areas. It contains over a hundred professionally rendered figures.

The Development of Topological 4-manifold Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-330
Author(s):  
Mark Powell ◽  
Arunima Ray
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Dimensional Euclidean Space ◽  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Normal Bundles ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures ◽  
Poincare Conjecture ◽  
Manifold Theory ◽  
Simply Connected

The development of topological 4-manifold theory is described in the form of a flowchart showing the interdependence among many key statements in the theory. In particular, the flowchart demonstrates how the theory crucially relies on the constructions in this book, what goes into the work of Quinn on smoothing, normal bundles, and transversality, and what is needed to deduce the famous consequences, such as the classification of closed, simply connected, topological 4-manifolds, the category preserving Poincaré conjecture, and the existence of exotic smooth structures on 4-dimensional Euclidean space. Precise statements of the results, brief indications of some proofs, and extensive references are provided.

The normalized Ricci flow and homology in Lagrangian submanifolds of generalized complex space forms

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemah Mofarreh ◽  
Akram Ali ◽  
Wan Ainun Mior Othman
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Form ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Complex Space ◽  
Space Form ◽  
Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Complex Space Form ◽  
Standard Sphere ◽  
The Second Fundamental Form ◽  
Generalized Complex ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow

In this paper, we prove that a simply connected Lagrangian submanifold in the generalized complex space form is diffeomorphic to standard sphere [Formula: see text] and the normalized Ricci flow converges to a constant curvature metric, provided its squared norm of the second fundamental form satisfies some upper bound depending only on the squared norm of the mean curvature vector field, the constant sectional curvature, and the dimension of the Lagrangian immersion of the ambient space. Next, we conclude that stable currents do not exist and homology groups vanish in a compact real submanifold of the general complex space form, provided that the second fundamental form satisfies some extrinsic conditions. We show that our results improve some previous results.

scholarly journals Exotic smooth structures on small 4-manifolds with odd signatures

2010 ◽  
Vol 181 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anar Akhmedov ◽  
B. Doug Park
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures
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