Studies of Some Curvature Operators in a Neighborhood of an Asymptotically Hyperbolic Einstein Manifold

On an asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifold (M,g₀) for which the Yamabe invariant of the conformal structure on the boundary at infinity is nonnegative, we show that the operators of Ricci curvature, and of Einstein curvature, are locally invertible in a neighborhood of the metric g₀. We deduce in the C^∞ case that the image of the Riemann-Christoffel curvature operator is a submanifold in a neighborhood of g₀.     

Asymptotical flatness and cone structure at infinity

We investigate asymptotically flat manifolds with cone structure at infinity. We show that any such manifold M has a finite number of ends, and we classify (except for the case dim M=4, where it remains open if one of the theoretically possible cones can actually arise) for simply connected ends all possible cones at infinity. This result yields in particular a complete classification of asymptotically flat manifolds with nonnegative curvature: The universal covering of an asymptotically flat m-manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature is isometric to , whereS is an asymptotically flat surface. Received: 5 January 2000 / Published online: 19 October 2001     

Compact Kähler manifolds with nonpositive bisectional curvature

Let (M ⁿ , g) be a compact Kähler manifold with nonpositive bisectional curvature. We show that a finite cover is biholomorphic and isometric to a flat torus bundle over a compact Kähler manifold N ^k with c ₁ <  0. This confirms a conjecture of Yau. As a corollary, for any compact Kähler manifold with nonpositive bisectional curvature, the Kodaira dimension is equal to the maximal rank of the Ricci tensor. We also prove a global splitting result under the assumption of certain immersed complex submanifolds.     

On the essential spectrum of complete non-compact manifolds

In this paper, we prove that the Lp essential spectra of the Laplacian on functions are [0,+∞) on a non-compact complete Riemannian manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature at infinity. The similar method applies to gradient shrinking Ricci soliton, which is similar to non-compact manifold with non-negative Ricci curvature in many ways.     

On the Curvature Properties of Manifolds with Deformed <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> Structures

In this paper, we study the curvature properties of a manifold with structure group G₂ whose fundamental 3-form is deformed by a Killing vector field of unit length. We obtain some results concerning conditions under which this manifold is flat, Einstein, or isometric to the unit sphere.     

Brownian Motion and the Dirichlet Problem at Infinity on Two-dimensional Cartan-Hadamard Manifolds

After recalling the Dirichlet problem at infinity on a Cartan-Hadamard manifold, we describe what is known under various curvature assumptions and the difference between the two-dimensional and the higher-dimensional cases. We discuss the probabilistic formulation of the problem in terms of the asymptotic behavior of the angular component of Brownian motion. We then introduce a new (and appealing) probabilistic approach that allows us to prove that the Dirichlet problem at infinity on a two-dimensional Cartan-Hadamard manifold is solvable under the curvature condition K?≤?(1?+?ε)/(r ² logr) outside of a compact set, for some ε?>?0, in polar coordinates around some pole. This condition on the curvature is sharp, and improves upon the previously known case of quadratic curvature decay. Finally, we briefly discuss the issues which arise in trying to extend this method to higher dimensions.     

A Class of Conformally flat Contact Metric 3-Manifolds

It is shown that a conformally flat contact metric 3-manifold with Ricci curvature vanishing along the characteristic vector field, has non-positive scalar curvature. Such a manifold is flat if (i) it is compact, or (ii) the scalar curvature is constant, or (iii) the norm of the Ricci tensor is constant.     

On Bochner flat para-Kählerian manifolds

Let B be the Bochner curvature tensor of a para-Kählerian manifold. It is proved that if the manifold is Bochner parallel (? B = 0), then it is Bochner flat (B = 0) or locally symmetric (? R = 0). Moreover, we define the notion of tha paraholomorphic pseudosymmetry of a para-Kählerian manifold. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for a Bochner flat para-Kählerian manifold to be paraholomorphically pseudosymmetric. Especially, in the case when the Ricci operator is diagonalizable, a Bochner flat para-Kählerian manifold is paraholomorphically pseudosymmetric if and only if the Ricci operator has at most two eigenvalues. A class of examples of manifolds of this kind is presented.     

Evolution of harmonic maps on manifolds flat at infinity

The aim of this article is to prove a global existence result with small data for the heat flow for harmonic maps from a manifold flat at infinity into a compact manifold. By flat at infinity we mean that the growth rate of the volumes of the balls on the manifold is the same as in the flat space. This is true for any manifold for small enough radius, but is in general not true when the radius of the ball grows. So prescribing such a growth rate also at infinity selects a class of manifolds on which our result holds. In this setting estimates are available for the heat kernel and its gradient on the base manifold. From such estimates it is easy to get L ^p −L ^q bounds for the heat kernel. A contraction principle argument then yields a local existence result in a suitable Sobolev space and a global existence result for small data.     

C0 coarse geometry and scalar curvature

In this paper we introduce an alternative form of coarse geometry on proper metric spaces, which is more delicate at infinity than the standard metric coarse structure. There is an assembly map from the K-homology of a space to the K-theory of the C∗-algebra associated to the new coarse structure, which factors through the coarse K-homology of the space (with the new coarse structure). A Dirac-type operator on a complete Riemannian manifold M gives rise to a class in K-homology, and its image under assembly gives a higher index in the K-theory group. The main result of this paper is a vanishing theorem for the index of the Dirac operator on an open spin manifold for which the scalar curvature κ(x) tends to infinity as x tends to infinity. This is derived from a spectral vanishing theorem for any Dirac-type operator with discrete spectrum and finite dimensional eigenspaces.     

On the behavior of quasi-local mass at the infinity along nearly round surfaces

In this article, we study the limiting behavior of the Brown–York mass and Hawking mass along nearly round surfaces at infinity of an asymptotically flat manifold. Nearly round surfaces can be defined in an intrinsic way. Our results show that the ADM mass of an asymptotically flat three manifold can be approximated by some geometric invariants of a family of nearly round surfaces, which approach to infinity of the manifold.     

Theorems of existence and of vanishing of conformally killing forms

On an n-dimensional compact, orientable, connected Riemannian manifold, we consider the curvature operator acting on the space of covariant traceless symmetric 2-tensors. We prove that, if the curvature operator is negative, then the manifold admits no nonzero conformally Killing p-forms for p = 1, 2, …, n ? 1. On the other hand, we prove that the dimension of the vector space of conformally Killing p-forms on an n-dimensional compact simply-connected conformally flat Riemannian manifold (M,g) is not zero.     

Bartnik’s Mass and Hamilton’s Modified Ricci Flow

We provide estimates on the Bartnik mass of constant mean curvature surfaces which are diffeomorphic to spheres and have positive mean curvature. We prove that the Bartnik mass is bounded from above by the Hawking mass and a new notion we call the asphericity mass. The asphericity mass is defined by applying Hamilton’s modified Ricci flow and depends only upon the restricted metric of the surface and not on its mean curvature. The theorem is proven by studying a class of asymptotically flat Riemannian manifolds foliated by surfaces satisfying Hamilton’s modified Ricci flow with prescribed scalar curvature. Such manifolds were first constructed by the first author in her dissertation conducted under the supervision of M. T. Wang. We make a further study of this class of manifolds which we denote Ham₃, bounding the ADM masses of such manifolds and analyzing the rigid case when the Hawking mass of the inner surface of the manifold agrees with its ADM mass.     

ε_0-Regularity for Mean Curvature Flow from Surface to Flat Riemannian Manifold

In this paper we prove an ε0-regularity theorem for mean curvature flow from surface to a flat Riemannian manifold. More precisely, we prove that if the initial energy ∫Σ0 |A|2 ≤ε0 and the initial area μ0(Σ0) is not large, then along the mean curvature flow, we have ∫Σt|A|2 ≤ε0. As an application, we obtain the long time existence and convergence result of the mean curvature flow.     

On Square metrics of scalar flag curvature

In this paper, we study the problem whether a Finsler metric of scalar flag curvature is locally projectively flat. We consider a special class of Finsler metrics — square metrics which are defined by a Riemannian metric and a 1-form on a manifold. We show that in dimension n ≥ 3, any square metric of scalar flag curvature is locally projectively flat.     

Para-CR Structures of Codimension 2 on Tangent Bundles in Riemann–Finsler Geometry

We determine a 2-codimensional para-CR structure on the slit tangent bundle T0 M of a Finsler manifold（M,F） by imposing a condition regarding the almost paracomplex structure P associated to F when restricted to the structural distribution of a framed para-f-structure.This condition is satisfied when（M,F） is of scalar flag curvature（particularly constant） or if the Riemannian manifold（M,g） is of constant curvature.     

The structure of some classes of <Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>-contact manifolds

We study projective curvature tensor in K-contact and Sasakian manifolds. We prove that (1) if a K-contact manifold is quasi projectively flat then it is Einstein and (2) a K-contact manifold is ξ-projectively flat if and only if it is Einstein Sasakian. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a K-contact manifold to be quasi projectively flat and φ-projectively flat are obtained. We also prove that for a (2n + 1)-dimensional Sasakian manifold the conditions of being quasi projectively flat, φ-projectively flat and locally isometric to the unit sphere S ²ⁿ⁺¹ (1) are equivalent. Finally, we prove that a compact φ-projectively flat K-contact manifold with regular contact vector field is a principal S ¹-bundle over an almost Kaehler space of constant holomorphic sectional curvature 4.     

On the asymptotic behavior of expanding gradient Ricci solitons

Let (M, g, f) be an n-dimensional expanding gradient Ricci soliton with faster-than-quadratic-decay curvature, i.e., ${\lim_{{\rm dist}(O,x)\rightarrow\infty} |{\rm Sect}(x)|\cdot {\rm dist}(O,x)^2=0}$ . When M is simply connected at infinity and n??? 3, we show that its tangent cone at infinity must be a manifold and is isometric to ${\mathbb{R}^n}$ . Here, we also assume that M has only one end for the simplicity of the statement. A crucial step to gain the regularity of the tangent cone at infinity is to prove that the injectivity radius grows linearly. This can be achieved by combining the curvature assumption and a lower bound estimate of volume ratio of all geodesic balls, which is attained as Theorem 3. On the other hand, we also study the asymptotic volume ratio of non-steady gradient Ricci solitons under other weaker conditions.     

On Kähler manifolds with positive orthogonal bisectional curvature

For any irreducible Kähler manifold which admits positive orthogonal bisectional curvature and C₁>0, if this positivity condition is preserved under the flow, then the underlying manifold is biholomorphic to CPn.     

Yamabe Flow and Myers Type Theorem on Complete Manifolds

In this paper, we prove the following Myers type theorem: If (M ⁿ ,g), n≥3, is an n-dimensional complete locally conformally flat Riemannian manifold with bounded Ricci curvature satisfying the Ricci pinching condition Rc≥?Rg, where R>0 is the scalar curvature and ?>0 is a uniform constant, then M ⁿ must be compact.