Nonnegative Scalar Curvature and Area Decreasing Maps

Let (M, gᵀᴹ) be a noncompact complete spin Riemannian manifold of even dimension n, with kᵀᴹ denoting the associated scalar curvature. Let 𝑓: M → Sⁿ(1) be a smooth area decreasing map, which is locally constant near infinity and of nonzero degree. We show that if kᵀᴹ ≥ n(n−1) on the support of d𝑓, t...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2020
Main Author: Zhang, Weiping
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2020
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/210717
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Nonnegative Scalar Curvature and Area Decreasing Maps. Weiping Zhang. SIGMA 16 (2020), 033, 7 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 53C27; 57R20; 58J20
arXiv:1912.03649
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/210717
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2020.033
Let (M, gᵀᴹ) be a noncompact complete spin Riemannian manifold of even dimension n, with kᵀᴹ denoting the associated scalar curvature. Let 𝑓: M → Sⁿ(1) be a smooth area decreasing map, which is locally constant near infinity and of nonzero degree. We show that if kᵀᴹ ≥ n(n−1) on the support of d𝑓, then inf(kᵀᴹ) < 0. This answers a question of Gromov. We use a simple deformation of the Dirac operator to prove the result. The odd-dimensional analogue is also presented.
The author would like to thank the referees for their careful reading and very helpful suggestions. This work was partially supported by NNSFC Grant no.11931007.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Nonnegative Scalar Curvature and Area Decreasing Maps
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