Harmonic Forms, Price Inequalities, and Benjamini-Schramm Convergence

arXiv1909.05634MaRDI QIDQ6325172FDOQ6325172

Publication date: 12 September 2019

Abstract: We study Betti numbers of sequences of Riemannian manifolds which Benjamini-Schramm converge to their universal covers. Using the Price inequalities we developed elsewhere, we derive two distinct convergence results. First, under a negative Ricci curvature assumption and no assumption on sign of the sectional curvature, we have a convergence result for weakly uniform discrete sequences of closed Riemannian manifolds. In the negative sectional curvature case, we are able to remove the weakly uniform discreteness assumption. This is achieved by combining a refined Thick-Thin decomposition together with a Moser iteration argument for harmonic forms on manifolds with boundary.

This page was built for publication: Harmonic Forms, Price Inequalities, and Benjamini-Schramm Convergence

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6325172)