Scalar curvature comparison of rotationally symmetric sets

Abstract: Let

(M, g)

be a compact 3-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature

R_{g} g e q 0

. The boundary

p a r t i a l M

is diffeomorphic to the boundary of a rotationally symmetric and weakly convex body

in

m a t h b b R^{3}

. We call

a model or a reference. Let

H_{p a r t i a l M}

and

be respectively the mean curvatures of

p a r t i a l M

in

(M, g)

and

p a r t i a l M

in

,

s i g m a

and

be the induced metric from

g

and

d e l t a

. We show that for some classes of

p a r t i a l M

, if

,

and the dihedral angles at the nonsmooth part of

p a r t i a l M

are no greater than the model, then

M

is flat. We also generalize this result to the hyperbolic case and some spaces with

m a t h b b S^{1}

-symmetry. Our approach is inspired by Gromov.

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