On diameter controls and smooth convergence away from singularities

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2016.01.003zbMATH Open1341.53071arXiv1210.0957OpenAlexW2323785904WikidataQ115355766 ScholiaQ115355766MaRDI QIDQ288874FDOQ288874

Authors: Sajjad Lakzian

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that if a family of metrics,

g_{i}

, on a compact Riemannian manifold,

M^{n}

, have a uniform lower Ricci curvature bound and converge to

g_{i} n f t y

smoothly away from a singular set,

S

, with Hausdorff measure,

H^{n - 1} (S) = 0

, and if there exists connected precompact exhaustion,

W_{j}

, of

M^{n} s e t m i n u s S

satisfying

d i a m_{g_{i}} (M^{n}) l e D_{0}

,

v o l_{g_{i}} (p a r t i a l W_{j}) l e A_{0}

and

v o l_{g_{i}} (M^{n} s e t m i n u s W_{j}) l e V_{j} w h e r e l i m_{j o i n f t y} V_{j} = 0

then the Gromov-Hausdorff limit exists and agrees with the metric completion of

(M^{n} s e t m i n u s S, g_{i} n f t y)

. Recall that in the prior work with Sormani the same conclusion is reached but the singular set is assumed to be a submanifold of codimension two. We have a second main theorem in which the Hausdorff measure condition on

S

is replaced by diameter estimates on the connected components of the boundary of the exhaustion,

p a r t i a l W_{j}

. In addition, we show that the uniform lower Ricci curvature bounds in these theorems can be replaced by the existence of a uniform linear contractibility function. If this condition is removed altogether, then we prove that