scholarly journals Some aspects of Ricci flow on the 4-sphere

10.53733/152 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 381-402
Author(s):  
Sun-Yung Alice Chang ◽  
Eric Chen
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Weyl Tensor ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Conformal Invariants ◽  
Positive Scalar ◽  
Gap Theorem ◽  
Normalized Ricci Flow

In this paper, on 4-spheres equipped with Riemannian metrics we study some integral conformal invariants, the sign and size of which under Ricci flow characterize the standard 4-sphere. We obtain a conformal gap theorem, and for Yamabe metrics of positive scalar curvature with L^2 norm of the Weyl tensor of the metric suitably small, we establish the monotonic decay of the L^p norm for certain p>2 of the reduced curvature tensor along the normalized Ricci flow, with the metric converging exponentially to the standard 4-sphere.

Callias-type operators in C∗-algebras and positive scalar curvature on noncompact manifolds

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 897-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Cecchini
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Index Theorem ◽  
Complete Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Type Operator ◽  
Spin Manifold ◽  
Compact Set ◽  
Positive Scalar ◽  
C Algebras

A Dirac-type operator on a complete Riemannian manifold is of Callias-type if its square is a Schrödinger-type operator with a potential uniformly positive outside of a compact set. We develop the theory of Callias-type operators twisted with Hilbert [Formula: see text]-module bundles and prove an index theorem for such operators. As an application, we derive an obstruction to the existence of complete Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on noncompact spin manifolds in terms of closed submanifolds of codimension one. In particular, when [Formula: see text] is a closed spin manifold, we show that if the cylinder [Formula: see text] carries a complete metric of positive scalar curvature, then the (complex) Rosenberg index on [Formula: see text] must vanish.

scholarly journals Ricci flow on open 3–manifolds and positive scalar curvature

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 927-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Bessières ◽  
Gérard Besson ◽  
Sylvain Maillot
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Positive Scalar

scholarly journals Conformal invariants of twisted Dirac operators and positive scalar curvature

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moulay Tahar Benameur ◽  
Varghese Mathai
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Dirac Operators ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Conformal Invariants ◽  
Positive Scalar ◽  
Twisted Dirac Operators

scholarly journals Moduli Spaces of Metrics of Positive Scalar Curvature on Topological Spherical Space Forms

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-908
Author(s):  
Philipp Reiser
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Universal Cover ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Spherical Space ◽  
Space Forms ◽  
Positive Scalar ◽  
Space Of Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Simply Connected

AbstractLet $M$ be a topological spherical space form, i.e., a smooth manifold whose universal cover is a homotopy sphere. We determine the number of path components of the space and moduli space of Riemannian metrics with positive scalar curvature on $M$ if the dimension of $M$ is at least 5 and $M$ is not simply-connected.

scholarly journals Scalar curvature and the multiconformal class of a direct product Riemannian manifold

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Roos ◽  
Nobuhiko Otoba
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Direct Product ◽  
Warped Product ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Positive Function ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Conformal Class ◽  
Positive Scalar ◽  
Technical Assumption

AbstractFor a closed, connected direct product Riemannian manifold $$(M, g)=(M_1, g_1) \times \cdots \times (M_l, g_l)$$ ( M , g ) = ( M 1 , g 1 ) × ⋯ × ( M l , g l ) , we define its multiconformal class $$ [\![ g ]\!]$$ [ [ g ] ] as the totality $$\{f_1^2g_1\oplus \cdots \oplus f_l^2g_l\}$$ { f 1 2 g 1 ⊕ ⋯ ⊕ f l 2 g l } of all Riemannian metrics obtained from multiplying the metric $$g_i$$ g i of each factor $$M_i$$ M i by a positive function $$f_i$$ f i on the total space M. A multiconformal class $$ [\![ g ]\!]$$ [ [ g ] ] contains not only all warped product type deformations of g but also the whole conformal class $$[\tilde{g}]$$ [ g ~ ] of every $$\tilde{g}\in [\![ g ]\!]$$ g ~ ∈ [ [ g ] ] . In this article, we prove that $$ [\![ g ]\!]$$ [ [ g ] ] contains a metric of positive scalar curvature if and only if the conformal class of some factor $$(M_i, g_i)$$ ( M i , g i ) does, under the technical assumption $$\dim M_i\ge 2$$ dim M i ≥ 2 . We also show that, even in the case where every factor $$(M_i, g_i)$$ ( M i , g i ) has positive scalar curvature, $$ [\![ g ]\!]$$ [ [ g ] ] contains a metric of scalar curvature constantly equal to $$-1$$ - 1 and with arbitrarily large volume, provided $$l\ge 2$$ l ≥ 2 and $$\dim M\ge 3$$ dim M ≥ 3 .

scholarly journals Scalar curvature on some open 3-manifolds

2021 ◽  
pp. 2140014
Author(s):  
G. Besson
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Minimal Surfaces ◽  
Riemannian Metrics ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Rigidity Theorem ◽  
Positive Scalar

This article is a survey of recent results about the existence of Riemannian metrics of positive scalar curvature on some open 3-manifolds. This results culminate in a rigidity theorem obtained using the theory of stable minimal surfaces.

scholarly journals Appearance of stable minimal spheres along the Ricci flow in positive scalar curvature

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 3501-3535
Author(s):  
Antoine Song
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Positive Scalar Curvature ◽  
Positive Scalar
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