Stability of graphical tori with almost nonnegative scalar curvature (Q2192935): Difference between revisions

The paper in review proves two related conjectures by Gromov and Sormani about flat and intrinsic flat subconvergence to a flat torus. The conjectures state: Conjecture (Gromov): There is a particular Sobolev-type weak metric in the space of \(n\)-manifolds \(X\), such that, for example, tori \((X,g)\) with \(R_g \geq -\epsilon\), when properly normalized, (sub)converge to flat tori for \(\epsilon \to 0\), but these \(X\) may, in general, diverge in stronger metrics. Conjecture (Sormani): Let \(M_j\) be a sequence of Riemannian manifolds diffeomorphic to a 3-torus such that \(\text{vol}(M_j) = V_0\), \(\text{diam}(M_j) \leq D_0\), and \(\text{minA}(M_j) \geq A_0 > 0\), where \(\text{minA}(M_j) = \inf\{\text{vol}(\Sigma): \Sigma \text{ is a closed minimal surface in }M_j\}\). If the scalar curvature of \(M_j\), \(R(M_j)\), satisfies \(R(M_j) \geq -\frac{1}{j}\) then there is a subsequence \(M_{j_k}\) converging in intrinsic flat sense to a flat torus \(T\) and possibly \(\text{vol}(M_{j_k}) \to \text{vol}(T)\). A special class of \(3\)-dimensional graphical Riemannian tori is constructed which can be realized as graphs of certain functions defined over flat tori satisfying a uniform upper diameter bound and scalar curvature bounds of the form \(R_{gM_j}\geq -1/j\) and it is shown that the conjectures hold for this class. By work of Alaee, McCormick and Cabrera Pacheco the results also hold in dimensions \(n \geq 4\). Furthermore it is also shown that the volume of the manifolds of the convergent subsequence converges to the volume of the limit space.