Conformal rigidity of the hemispheres S^4_+ and S^6_+

DOI10.1007/S00209-011-0885-8MaRDI QIDQ444201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simon Raulot

Publication date 13 August 2012

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.2682

zbMATH Keywords

hemispheremanifolds with boundaryrigidity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Boundary value problems on manifolds (58J32)

Abstract: Let (M,g) be a four or six dimensional compact Riemannian manifold which is locally conformally flat and assume that its boundary is totally umbilical. In this note, we prove that if the Euler characteristic of M is equal to 1 and if its Yamabe invariant is positive, then (M,g) is conformally isometric to the standard hemisphere. As an application and using a result of Hang-Wang, we prove a rigidity result for these hemispheres regarding the Min-Oo conjecture.

Review text

Let \((M,g)\) be a four or six dimensional compact Riemannian manifold which is locally conformally flat and assume that its boundary is totally umbilical. The author proves that, if the characteristic of \(M\) is equal to 1 and if its Yamabe invariant is positive, then \((M,g)\) is conformally isometric to the standard hemisphere. As an application and using a result of \textit{F. Hang} and \textit{X. Wang} [Commun. Anal. Geom. 14, No. 1, 91--106 (2006; Zbl 1119.53029)], he proves a rigidity result for these hemispheres.

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