Deformations of the hemisphere that increase scalar curvature

作者:Brendle Simon*; Marques Fernando C; Neves Andre
来源:Inventiones Mathematicae, 2011, 185(1): 175-197.
DOI:10.1007/s00222-010-0305-4

摘要

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold M of dimension n whose boundary a,M is totally geodesic and is isometric to the standard sphere S (n-1). A natural conjecture of Min-Oo asserts that if the scalar curvature of M is at least n(n-1), then M is isometric to the hemisphere S(+)(n) equipped with its standard metric. This conjecture is inspired by the positive mass theorem in general relativity, and has been verified in many special cases. In this paper, we construct counterexamples to Min-Oo's Conjecture in dimension n >= 3.

  • 出版日期2011-7