Entropies, volumes, and Einstein metrics

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-22842-1_2MaRDI QIDQ2897239zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Kotschick

Publication date 10 July 2012

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

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

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)

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.

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