Convergence of Riemannian 4-manifolds with L^2-curvature bounds

DOI10.1515/ACV-2017-0058zbMATH Open1457.53035arXiv1710.09324OpenAlexW2964141347WikidataQ115237076 ScholiaQ115237076MaRDI QIDQ2225136FDOQ2225136

Authors: Norman Zergänge 

Publication date: 5 February 2021

Published in: Advances in the Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work we prove convergence results of sequences of Riemannian $4$-manifolds with almost vanishing $L^2$-norm of a curvature tensor and a non-collapsing bound on the volume of small balls. In Theorem 1.1, we consider a sequence of closed Riemannian $4$-manifolds, whose $L^2$-norm of the Riemannian curvature tensor tends to zero. Under the assumption of a uniform non-collapsing bound and a uniform diameter bound, we prove that there exists a subsequence that converges with respect to the Gromov-Hausdorff topology to a flat manifold. In Theorem 1.2, we consider a sequence of closed Riemannian $4$-manifolds, whose $L^2$-norm of the Riemannian curvature tensor is uniformly bounded from above, and whose $L^2$-norm of the traceless Ricci-tensor tends to zero. Here, under the assumption of a uniform non-collapsing bound, which is very close to the euclidean situation, and a uniform diameter bound, we show that there exists a subsequence which converges in the Gromov-Hausdorff sense to an Einstein manifold. In order to prove Theorem 1.1 and Theorem 1.2, we use a smoothing technique, which is called $L^2$-curvature flow or $L^2$-flow, introduced by Jeffrey Streets in a series of works. In particular, we use his "tubular averaging technique" in order to prove distance estimates of the $L^2$-curvature flow which only depend on significant geometric bounds. This is the content of Theorem 1.3.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.09324

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zbMATH Keywords

critical exponentEinstein manifoldgradient flowintegral curvature boundsfourth-order curvature flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Ricci flows (53E20)

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