\(L^ p\)-pinching and the geometry of compact Riemannian manifolds (Q1343876)

The authors prove a Harnack-type inequality for sections of Riemannian vector bundle over a compact manifold, lying in the kernel of a Schrödinger operator under \(L^ p\)-pinching assumptions on the potential. Many geometric applications are given generalizing for example classical comparison results due to Bochner to the case of almost non-negative resp. non-positive Ricci curvature (in the sense of \(L^ p\)-estimates). Another application is that the minimal volume of an almost nonpositively curved manifold with infinite isometry group vanishes.