A theorem on differential rigidity

DOI10.1007/S000140050064MaRDI QIDQ1266445zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Bessières

Publication date 27 October 1998

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s000140050064

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21)

Review text

Let \(M,N\) be two smooth connected closed orientable manifolds of the same dimension \(n\geq 3\), such that \(M\) is endowed with a hyperbolic metric \(g^0\) of sectional curvature \(K_{g^0} =-1\). Theorem 1 here states that if \(f:N\to M\) is a continuous map of degree \(p\geq 1\) such that \(\in\{\text{vol}_g(M):g\) is a Riemannian metric with sectional curvature \(| K(g) |\leq 1\} =p \text{vol}_{g^0}(M)\), then \(N\) is hyperbolic and \(f\) is homotopic to a lift of degree \(p\). This result generalizes a theorem due to Thursten on the application of degree \(p\) between two connected orientable closed hyperbolic manifolds. The proof of Theorem 1 uses [\textit{M. Gromov}, `Structures métriques pour les variétés riemanniennes' (Textes Math. 1, Cedic/Fernand Nathan, Paris) (1981; Zbl 0509.53034)] on the Riemannian convergence in the sense of Gromov as well as [\textit{G. Besson}, \textit{G. Courtois} and \textit{S. Gallot}, Geom. Funct. Aral. 5, 731-799 (1975; Zbl 0851.53032)], where it is shown that on a closed hyperbolic manifold, the minimal volume is reached by a hyperbolic metric. An interesting application of Theorem 1 states that the minimal volume is not an invariant of topological type of the manifold, but only of its differential structure. Moreover, the minimal volume is not additive on the connected sum.

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