On a conformal Gauss-Bonnet-Chern inequality for LCF manifolds and related topics

DOI10.1007/S00526-004-0311-8zbMATH Open1083.53035arXivmath/0403221OpenAlexW1968960590MaRDI QIDQ2486971FDOQ2486971

Authors: Hao Fang 

Publication date: 17 August 2005

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we prove the following two results: First, we study a class of conformally invariant operators $P$ and their related conformally invariant curvatures $Q$ on even-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. When the manifold is locally conformally flat(LCF) and compact without boundary, $Q$-curvature is naturally related to the integrand in the classical Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula, i.e., the Pfaffian curvature. For a class of even-dimensional complete LCF manifolds with integrable $Q$% -curvature, we establish a Gauss-Bonnet-Chern inequality. Second, a finiteness theorem for certain classes of complete LCF four-fold with integrable Pfaffian curvature is also proven. This is an extension of the classical results of Cohn-Vossen and Huber in dimension two. It also can be viewed as a fully non-linear analogue of results of Chang-Qing-Yang in dimension four.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403221

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zbMATH Keywords

locally conformally flat manifoldGauss-Bonnet-Chern inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20)

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