The sphere theorems for manifolds with positive scalar curvature

DOI10.4310/JDG/1354110198zbMATH Open1315.53029arXiv1102.2424OpenAlexW2964232016WikidataQ115169813 ScholiaQ115169813MaRDI QIDQ1943232FDOQ1943232

Authors: Juan-Ru Gu, Hongwei Xu 

Publication date: 19 March 2013

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Some new differentiable sphere theorems are obtained via the Ricci flow and stable currents. We prove that if $M^n$ is a compact manifold whose normalized scalar curvature and sectional curvature satisfy the pointwise pinching condition $R_0>sigm{a}_n{K}_{max}$, where $sigm{a}_{n}in(frac14,1)$ is an explicit positive constant, then $M$ is diffeomorphic to a spherical space form. This gives a partial answer to Yau's conjecture on pinching theorem. Moreover, we prove that if $M^n(ngeq3)$ is a compact manifold whose $(n-2)$-th Ricci curvature and normalized scalar curvature satisfy the pointwise condition $Ri{c}_{min}^{(n-2)}>a{u}_n(n-2)R_0,$ where $a{u}_{n}in(frac14,1)$ is an explicit positive constant, then $M$ is diffeomorphic to a spherical space form. We then extend the sphere theorems above to submanifolds in a Riemannian manifold. Finally we give a classification of submanifolds with weakly pinched curvatures, which improves the differentiable pinching theorems due to Andrews, Baker and the authors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2424

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zbMATH Keywords

positive scalar curvaturesphere theoremsweakly pinched curvatures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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