On a conformal gap and finiteness theorem for a class of four-manifolds

DOI10.1007/S00039-007-0603-1MaRDI QIDQ2370117zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jie Qing, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Paul C. Yang

Publication date 22 June 2007

Published in Geometric and Functional Analysis. GAFA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508621

zbMATH Keywords

Bach-flat Riemannian manifoldbubble tree structureYamabe invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Rigidity results (53C24)

Abstract: In this paper we develop a bubble tree structure for a degenerating class of Riemannian metrics satisfying some global conformal bounds on compact manifolds of dimension 4. Applying the bubble tree structure, we establish a gap theorem, a finiteness theorem for diffeomorphism type for this class, and a diameter bound for a family of conformal metricssatisfying a suitable curvature equation.

Review text

The author develops a bubble tree structure for a degenerating class of Riemannian metrics satisfying some global conformal bounds on compact four-dimensional manifolds. Applying the bubble tree structure, the author establishes a gap theorem, a finiteness theorem for a diffeomorphism type, and gives a comparison of the solutions of the \(\sigma_k\) equations on a degenerating family of Bach-flat metrics.

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