Entropies, volumes, and Einstein metrics

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-22842-1_2zbMATH Open1254.53064arXivmath/0410215OpenAlexW1542089412MaRDI QIDQ2897239FDOQ2897239

D. Kotschick

Publication date: 10 July 2012

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

Abstract: We survey the definitions and some important properties of several asymptotic invariants of smooth manifolds, and discuss some open questions related to them. We prove that the (non-)vanishing of the minimal volume is a differentiable property, which is not invariant under homeomorphisms. We also formulate an obstruction to the existence of Einstein metrics on four-manifolds involving the volume entropy. This generalizes both the Gromov--Hitchin--Thorpe inequality and Sambusetti's obstruction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0410215

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zbMATH Keywords

topological entropyEinstein metricsvolume entropysimplicial volumespherical volumeasymptotic invariants of smooth manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25)

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