On convergence to a football

DOI10.1007/S00208-015-1303-ZzbMATH Open1359.53033arXiv1501.06881OpenAlexW2963348975WikidataQ125591087 ScholiaQ125591087MaRDI QIDQ330831FDOQ330831

Authors: Hao Fang, Mijia Lai 

Publication date: 26 October 2016

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that spheres of positive constant curvature with $n$ ($ngeq3$) conic points converge to a sphere of positive constant curvature with two conic points (or called an (American) football) in Gromov-Hausdorff topology when the corresponding singular divisors converge to a critical divisor in the sense of Troyanov. We prove this convergence in two different ways. Geometrically, the convergence follows from Luo-Tian's explicit description of conic spheres as boundaries of convex polytopes in $S^3$. Analytically, regarding the conformal factors as the singular solutions to the corresponding PDE, we derive the required a priori estimates and convergence result after proper reparametrization.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06881

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemann sphereGromov-Hausdorff topologyfootballconic points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10)

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