Band width estimates via the Dirac operator

DOI10.4310/JDG/1668186790MaRDI QIDQ6319089arXivFDO

Authors Rudolf Zeidler

Publication date 21 May 2019

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4310/JDG/1668186790

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory (19K56) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Exotic index theories on manifolds (58J22)

arXiv classification

math.DGmath.KT

Abstract: Let $M$ be a closed connected spin manifold such that its spinor Dirac operator has non-vanishing (Rosenberg) index. We prove that for any Riemannian metric on $V=Mimes[-1,1]$ with scalar curvature bounded below by $sigma>0$, the distance between the boundary components of $V$ is at most $C_n/sqrtsigma$, where $C_n=sqrt(n-1)/ncdotC$ with $C<8(1+sqrt2)$ being a universal constant. This verifies a conjecture of Gromov for such manifolds. In particular, our result applies to all high-dimensional closed simply connected manifolds $M$ which do not admit a metric of positive scalar curvature. We also establish a quadratic decay estimate for the scalar curvature of complete metrics on manifolds, such as $Mimesmathbb{R}^2$, which contain $M$ as a codimension two submanifold in a suitable way. Furthermore, we introduce the "$mathcalKO$-width" of a closed manifold and deduce that infinite $mathcalKO$-width is an obstruction to positive scalar curvature.

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