Deforming three-manifolds with positive scalar curvature

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2012.176.2.3zbMATH Open1319.53028arXiv0907.2444OpenAlexW2963866213WikidataQ56212049 ScholiaQ56212049MaRDI QIDQ456665FDOQ456665

Authors: Fernando C. Marques 

Publication date: 16 October 2012

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we prove that the moduli space of metrics with positive scalar curvature of an orientable compact 3-manifold is path-connected. The proof uses the Ricci flow with surgery, the conformal method, and the connected sum construction of Gromov and Lawson. The work of Perelman on Hamilton's Ricci flow is fundamental. As one of the applications we prove the path-connectedness of the space of trace-free asymptotically flat solutions to the vacuum Einstein constraint equations on $mathbb{R}^3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2444

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zbMATH Keywords

Ricci flowscalar curvatureEinstein equationsconformal method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Manifolds of metrics (especially Riemannian) (58D17) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

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