The $$L^p$$ L p -Calderón–Zygmund inequality on non-compact manifolds of positive curvature

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry - We construct, for $$p>n$$ , a concrete example of a complete non-compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold of positive sectional curvature which does...     

Myers-Type Theorems and Some Related Oscillation Results

In this paper we study the behavior of solutions of a second-order differential equation. The existence of a zero and its localization allow us to get some compactness results. In particular we obtain a Myers-type theorem even in the presence of an amount of negative curvature. The technique we use also applies to the study of spectral properties of Schr?dinger operators on complete manifolds.     

Uniform decay estimates for solutions of the Yamabe equation

We study positive solutions u of the Yamabe equation c_m Du-s( x) u+k( x) u^\fracm+2m-2=0{c_{m} \Delta u-s\left( x\right) u+k\left( x\right) u^{\frac{m+2}{m-2}}=0}, when k(x) > 0, on manifolds supporting a Sobolev inequality. In particular we get uniform decay estimates at infinity for u which depend on the behaviour at infinity of k, s and the L ^Γ-norm of u, for some G 3 \tfrac2mm-2{\Gamma\geq\tfrac{2m}{m-2}}. The required integral control, in turn, is implied by further geometric conditions. Finally we give an application to conformal immersions into the sphere.     

Hyperbolization of cusps with convex boundary

We prove that for every metric on the torus with curvature bounded from below by ?1 in the sense of Alexandrov there exists a hyperbolic cusp with convex boundary such that the induced metric on the boundary is the given metric. The proof is by polyhedral approximation. This was the last open case of a general theorem: every metric with curvature bounded from below on a compact surface is isometric to a convex surface in a 3-dimensional space form.     

Global Comparison Principles for the <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplace Operator on Riemannian Manifolds

We prove global comparison results for the p-Laplacian on a p-parabolic manifold. These involve both real-valued and vector-valued maps with finite p-energy. Further L ^q comparison principles in the non-parabolic setting are also discussed.     

On p-harmonic maps and convex functions

We prove that, in general, given a p-harmonic map F : M → N and a convex function ${H : N \rightarrow \mathbb{R}}$ , the composition ${H\circ F}$ is not p-subharmonic, if p ≠ 2. This answers in the negative an open question arisen from a paper by Lin and Wei. By assuming some rotational symmetry on manifolds and functions, we reduce the problem to an ordinary differential inequality. The key of the proof is an asymptotic estimate for the p-harmonic map under suitable assumptions on the manifolds.     

Topology of steady and expanding gradient Ricci solitons via f-harmonic maps

In this paper we give some results on the topology of manifolds with ∞-Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor bounded below, and in particular of steady and expanding gradient Ricci solitons. To this aim we clarify and further develop the theory of f-harmonic maps from non-compact manifolds into non-positively curved manifolds. Notably, we prove existence and vanishing results which generalize to the weighted setting part of Schoen and Yau?s theory of harmonic maps.     

On the homotopy class of maps with finite p-energy into non-positively curved manifolds

We prove that a map f : M → N with finite p-energy, p > 2, from a complete manifold (M, á , ñ ){\left(M,\left\langle ,\right\rangle \right)} into a non-positively curved, compact manifold N is homotopic to a constant, provided the negative part of the Ricci curvature of the domain manifold is small in a suitable spectral sense. The result relies on a Liouville-type theorem for finite q-energy, p-harmonic maps under spectral assumptions.