A Remark on the Omori-Yau Maximum Principle

Abstract: A Riemannian manifold

M

is said to satisfy the Omori-Yau maximum principle if for any

C^{2}

bounded function

g : M o B b b R

there is a sequence

x_{n} i n M

, such that

l i m_{n o i n f t y} g (x_{n}) = s u p_{M} g

,

l i m_{n o i n f t y} | a b l a g (x_{n}) | = 0

and

l i m s u p_{n o i n f t y} D e l t a g (x_{n}) l e q 0

. It is shown that if the Ricci curvature does not approach

- i n f t y

too fast the manifold satisfies the Omori-Yau maximum principle. This improves earlier necessary conditions. The given condition is quite optimal.

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