Rigidity of area-minimizing two-spheres in three-manifolds

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DOI10.4310/CAG.2010.V18.N4.A6zbMATH Open1226.53054arXiv1002.2814MaRDI QIDQ641528FDOQ641528


Authors: Simon Brendle, Hubert L. Bray, André Neves Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 October 2011

Published in: Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a sharp upper bound for the area of a minimal two-sphere in a three-manifold (M,g) with positive scalar curvature. If equality holds, we show that the universal cover of (M,g) is isometric to a cylinder.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.2814




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