On the Topology of Vacuum Spacetimes

We prove that there are no restrictions on the spatial topology of asymptotically flat solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations in (n + 1)-dimensions. We do this by gluing a solution of the vacuum constraint equations on an arbitrary compact manifold Sⁿ \Sigma^n to an asymptotically Euclidean solution of the constraints on \mathbbRⁿ \mathbb{R}^n . For any Sⁿ \Sigma^n which does not admit a metric of positive scalar curvature, this provides for the existence of asymptotically flat vacuum spacetimes with no maximal slices. Our main theorem is a special case of a more general gluing construction for nondegenerate solutions of the vacuum constraint equations which have some restrictions on the mean curvature, but for which the mean curvature is not necessarily constant. This generalizes the construction [16], which is restricted to constant mean curvature data.     

Strong Cosmic Censorship for T 2-Symmetric Spacetimes with Cosmological Constant and Matter

We address the issue of strong cosmic censorship for T ²-symmetric spacetimes with positive cosmological constant. In the case of collisionless matter, we complete the proof of the C ² formulation of the conjecture for this class of spacetimes. In the vacuum case, we prove that the conjecture holds for the special cases where the area element of the group orbits does not vanish on the past boundary of the maximal Cauchy development. Submitted: February 2, 2008. Accepted: June 12, 2008.     

On the geometry of null cones in Einstein-vacuum spacetimes

In this paper we study the geometry of null cones in smooth Einstein vacuum spacetimes. We provide the L^∞$L^{\infty }$ estimate for the trace of the null second fundamental form, as well as estimates for other geometric quantities. This paper is based on the work of Klainerman and Rodnianski [S. Klainerman, I. Rodnianski, Causal geometry of Einstein-vacuum spacetimes with finite curvature flux, Invent. Math. 159 (3) (2005) 437–529; S. Klainerman, I. Rodnianski, Sharp trace theorems for null hypersurfaces on Einstein metrics with finite curvature flux, Geom. Funct. Anal. 16 (1) (2006) 164–229; S. Klainerman, I. Rodnianski, A geometric Littlewood–Paley theory, Geom. Funct. Anal. 16 (1) (2006) 126–163].     

Self–gravitating fluid flows with Gowdy symmetry near cosmological singularities

We consider self-gravitating fluids in cosmological spacetimes with Gowdy symmetry on the torus T³ and, in this class, we solve the singular initial value problem for the Einstein–Euler system of general relativity, when an initial data set is prescribed on the hypersurface of singularity. We specify initial conditions for the geometric and matter variables and identify the asymptotic behavior of these variables near the cosmological singularity. Our analysis of this class of nonlinear and singular partial differential equations exhibits a condition on the sound speed, which leads us to the notion of sub-critical, critical, and super-critical regimes. Solutions to the Einstein–Euler systems when the fluid is governed by a linear equation of state are constructed in the first two regimes, while additional difficulties arise in the latter one. All previous studies on inhomogeneous spacetimes concerned vacuum cosmological spacetimes only.     

Complete noncompact manifolds with harmonic curvature

Let (M ⁿ , g) be an n-dimensional complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with harmonic curvature and positive Sobolev constant. In this paper, by employing an elliptic estimation method, we show that (M ⁿ , g) is a space form if it has sufficiently small L ^n/2-norms of trace-free curvature tensor and nonnegative scalar curvature. Moreover, we get a gap theorem for (M ⁿ , g) with positive scalar curvature.     

On the T 3-Gowdy Symmetric Einstein-Maxwell Equations

Recently, progress has been made in the analysis of the expanding direction of Gowdy spacetimes. The purpose of the present paper is to point out that some of the techniques used in the analysis can be applied to other problems. The essential equations in the case of the Gowdy spacetimes can be considered as a special case of a wider class of variational problems. Here we are interested in the asymptotic behaviour of solutions to this class of equations. Two particular members arise when considering the T³-Gowdy symmetric Einstein-Maxwell equations and when considering T³-Gowdy symmetric IIB superstring cosmology. The main result concerns the rate of decay of a naturally defined energy. A subclass of the variational problems can be interpreted as wave map equations, and in that case one gets the following picture. The non-linear wave equations one ends up with have as a domain the positive real line in Cartesian product with the circle. For each point in time, the wave map can thus be seen as a loop in some Riemannian manifold. As a consequence of the decay of the energy mentioned above, the length of the loop converges to zero at a specific rate. Communicated by Sergiu Klainerman submitted 14/02/05, accepted 21/04/05     

Surfaces with parallel normalized mean curvature vector

A surfaceM in a Riemannian manifold is said to have parallel normalized mean curvature vector if the mean curvature vector is nonzero and the unit vector in the direction of the mean curvature vector is parallel in the normal bundle. In this paper, it is proved that every analytic surface in a euclideanm-spaceE ^m with parallel normalized mean curvature vector must either lies in aE ⁴ or lies in a hypersphere ofE ^m as a minimal surface. Moreover, it is proved that if a Riemann sphere inE ^m has parallel normalized mean curvature vector, then it lies either in aE ³ or in a hypersphere ofE ^m as a minimal surfaces. Applications to the classification of surfaces with constant Gauss curvature and with parallel normalized mean curvature vector are also given.     

单位球中完备超曲面的一个刚性定理

本文研究了单位球中的数量曲率满足r=aH+b的完备超曲面的问题.利用极值原理的方法,获得了超曲面的一个刚性结果,推广了这一类具有常中曲率或者常数量曲率超曲面的结果.     

On the curvatures of bounded complete spacelike hypersurfaces in the Lorentz–Minkowski space

In this paper we characterize the spacelike hyperplanes in the Lorentz–Minkowski space L ^{n +1} as the only complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature which are bounded between two parallel spacelike hyperplanes. In the same way, we prove that the only complete spacelike hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature in L ^{n +1} which are bounded between two concentric hyperbolic spaces are the hyperbolic spaces. Finally, we obtain some a priori estimates for the higher order mean curvatures, the scalar curvature and the Ricci curvature of a complete spacelike hypersurface in L ^{n +1} which is bounded by a hyperbolic space. Our results will be an application of a maximum principle due to Omori and Yau, and of a generalization of it. Received: 5 July 1999     

Strong Cosmic Censorship for Surface‐Symmetric Cosmological Spacetimes with Collisionless Matter

This paper addresses strong cosmic censorship for spacetimes with self‐gravitating collisionless matter, evolving from surface‐symmetric compact initial data. The global dynamics exhibit qualitatively different features according to the sign of the curvature k of the symmetric surfaces and the cosmological constant Λ. With a suitable formulation, the question of strong cosmic censorship is settled in the affirmative if Λ=0 or k≤0, Λ > 0. In the case Λ > 0, k=1, we give a detailed geometric characterization of possible “boundary” components of spacetime; the remaining obstruction to showing strong cosmic censorship in this case has to do with the possible formation of extremal Schwarzschild–de Sitter‐type black holes. In the special case that the initial symmetric surfaces are all expanding, strong cosmic censorship is shown in the past for all k,Λ. Finally, our results also lead to a geometric characterization of the future boundary of black hole interiors for the collapse of asymptotically flat data: in particular, in the case of small perturbations of Schwarzschild data, it is shown that these solutions do not exhibit Cauchy horizons emanating from i ⁺ with strictly positive limiting area radius.© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On Complete Hypersurfaces with Constant Mean Curvature and Finite L^P-norm Curvature in R^n＋1

By using curvature estimates, we prove that a complete non-compact hypersurface M with constant mean curvature and finite L^n-norm curvature in R^1＋1 must be minimal, so that M is a hyperplane if it is strongly stable. This is a generalization of the result on stable complete minimal hypersurfaces of R^n＋1. Moreover, complete strongly stable hypersurfaces with constant mean curvature and finite L^1-norm curvature in R^1＋1 are considered.     

Unique continuation from infinity in asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes II: Non-static boundaries

We generalize our unique continuation results recently established for a class of linear and nonlinear wave equations □_g?+σ? = 𝒢(?,??) on asymptotically anti-de Sitter (aAdS) spacetimes to aAdS spacetimes admitting nonstatic boundary metrics. The new Carleman estimates established in this setting constitute an essential ingredient in proving unique continuation results for the full nonlinear Einstein equations, which will be addressed in forthcoming papers. Key to the proof is a new geometrically adapted construction of foliations of pseudo-convex hypersurfaces near the conformal boundary.     

Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective or complex hyperbolic planes

A Lagrangian submanifold is called Maslovian if its mean curvature vector H is nowhere zero and its Maslov vector field JH is a principal direction of A_H . In this article we classify Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective plane CP ² as well as in complex hyperbolic plane CH ². We prove that there exist 14 families of Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in CP ² and 41 families in CH ². All of the Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature obtained from these families admit a unit length Killing vector field whose integral curves are geodesics of the Lagrangian surfaces. Conversely, locally (in a neighborhood of each point belonging to an open dense subset) every Maslovian Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in CP ² or in CH ² is a surface obtained from these 55 families. As an immediate by‐product, we provide new methods to construct explicitly many new examples of Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective and complex hyperbolic planes which admit a unit length Killing vector field. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the conditions to control curvature tensors of Ricci flow

An important problem in the study of Ricci flow is to find the weakest conditions that provide control of the norm of the full Riemannian curvature tensor. In this article, supposing (M ⁿ , g(t)) is a solution to the Ricci flow on a Riemmannian manifold on time interval [0, T), we show that L^\fracn+22{L^\frac{n+2}{2}} norm bound of scalar curvature and Weyl tensor can control the norm of the full Riemannian curvature tensor if M is closed and T < ∞. Next we prove, without condition T < ∞, that C ⁰ bound of scalar curvature and Weyl tensor can control the norm of the full Riemannian curvature tensor on complete manifolds. Finally, we show that to the Ricci flow on a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold with bounded curvature at t = 0 and with the uniformly bounded Ricci curvature tensor on M ⁿ  × [0, T), the curvature tensor stays uniformly bounded on M ⁿ  × [0, T). Hence we can extend the Ricci flow up to the time T. Some other results are also presented.     

Fair upper bounds for the curvature in univariate convex interpolation

In convex interpolation the curvature of the interpolants should be as small as possible. We attack this problem by treating interpolation subject to bounds on the curvature. In view of the concexity the lower bound is equal to zero while the upper bound is assumed to be piecewise constant. The upper bounds are called fair with respect to a function class if the interpolation problem becomes solvable for all data sets in strictly convex position. We derive fair a priori bounds for classes of quadraticC ¹, cubicC ², and quarticC ³ splines on refined grids.     

Singular sets of convex bodies and surfaces with generalized curvatures

In this paper we consider generalized surfaces with curvature measures and we study the properties of those k-dimensional subsets Σ ^k of such surfaces where the curvatures have positive density with respect to k-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Special attention is given to boundaries of convex bodies inR ³. We introduce a class of convex sets whose curvatures live only on integer dimension sets. For such convex sets we consider integral functionals depending on the curvature and the area ofK and on the curvature andH ^k of Σ ^k .     

On the compactness of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces with finite total curvature

In this work we consider a complete submanifold M with parallel mean curvature vector h immersed in a space form of constant sectional curvature c ￡ 0c\leq 0. If M has finite total curvature and |H|² > -c|H|^2>-c, we prove that M must be compact.     

Conformal minimal two-spheres in Q 2

In this paper, we consider a conformal minimal immersion f from S ₂ into a hyperquadric Q ₂, and prove that its Gaussian curvature K and normal curvature K ^⊥ satisfy K + K ^⊥ = 4. We also show that the ellipse of curvature is a circle.     

On the inner curvature of the second fundamental form of helicoidal surfaces

Let M be a helicoidal surface in E ³, free of points of vanishing Gaussian curvature. Let H be the mean curvature and K _II the curvature of the second fundamental form. In this note it is shown that the helicoidal surfaces satisfying K _II =H are locally characterized by constancy of the ratio of the principal curvatures. Moreover it is proved that these helicoidal surfaces are determined by a first order differential equation. Research supported by E.E.C. contract CHRX-CT92-0050.     

Topological rigidity theorems for open Riemannian manifolds

In this article, we study topology of complete non‐compact Riemannian manifolds. We show that a complete open manifold with quadratic curvature decay is diffeomorphic to a Euclidean n ‐space ?ⁿ if it contains enough rays starting from the base point. We also show that a complete non‐compact n ‐dimensional Riemannian manifold M with nonnegative Ricci curvature and quadratic curvature decay is diffeomorphic to ?ⁿ if the volumes of geodesic balls in M grow properly. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)