Deforming Lipschitz metrics into smooth metrics while keeping their curvature operator non-negative

2005 ◽  
pp. 167-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Simon
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Operator

scholarly journals Ricci flow on manifolds with boundary with arbitrary initial metric

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsz-Kiu Aaron Chow
Keyword(s):  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Positive Curvature ◽  
Curvature Operator ◽  
Manifolds With Boundary ◽  
Convex Boundary ◽  
Uniqueness Of The Solution ◽  
Positive Time ◽  
Natural Boundary Conditions ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Time Existence

Abstract In this paper, we study the Ricci flow on manifolds with boundary. In the paper, we substantially improve Shen’s result [Y. Shen, On Ricci deformation of a Riemannian metric on manifold with boundary, Pacific J. Math. 173 1996, 1, 203–221] to manifolds with arbitrary initial metric. We prove short-time existence and uniqueness of the solution, in which the boundary becomes instantaneously totally geodesic for positive time. Moreover, we prove that the flow we constructed preserves natural boundary conditions. More specifically, if the initial metric has a convex boundary, then the flow preserves positive curvature operator and the PIC1, PIC2 conditions. Moreover, if the initial metric has a two-convex boundary, then the flow preserves the PIC condition.

Eigenvalues of the Curvature Operator for Certain Homogeneous Manifolds

1990 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 981-999
Author(s):  
J. E. D'Atri ◽  
I. Dotti Miatello
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Tangent Space ◽  
Orthonormal Basis ◽  
Riemann Tensor ◽  
Inner Product ◽  
Curvature Operator ◽  
Curvature Function ◽  
Homogeneous Manifolds ◽  
Exterior Power ◽  
Image Position

Given a Riemannian manifold M, the Riemann tensor R induces the curvature operator on the exterior power of the tangent space, defined by the formula where the inner product is defined by From the symmetries of R, it follows that ρ is self-adjoint and so has only real eigenvalues. R also induces the sectional curvature function K on 2-planes in is an orthonormal basis of the 2-plane π.

scholarly journals Existence of Three Solutions for a Nonlinear Discrete Boundary Value Problem with ϕc-Laplacian

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanshan Chen ◽  
Zhan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Point Theory ◽  
Curvature Operator ◽  
Nontrivial Solutions ◽  
Three Solutions ◽  
The Maximum Principle ◽  
Mean Curvature Operator ◽  
The Mean

In this paper, based on critical point theory, we mainly focus on the multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for a nonlinear discrete Dirichlet boundary value problem involving the mean curvature operator. Without imposing the symmetry or oscillating behavior at infinity on the nonlinear term f, we respectively obtain the sufficient conditions for the existence of at least three non-trivial solutions and the existence of at least two non-trivial solutions under different assumptions on f. In addition, by using the maximum principle, we also deduce the existence of at least three positive solutions from our conclusion. As far as we know, our results are supplements to some well-known ones.

scholarly journals Lower bounds on Ricci flow invariant curvatures and geometric applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (703) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Richard
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Ricci Curvature ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Ricci Flow ◽  
Nonnegative Curvature ◽  
Curvature Operator ◽  
Nonnegative Ricci Curvature ◽  
Invariant Cones

AbstractWe consider Ricci flow invariant cones 𝒞 in the space of curvature operators lying between the cones “nonnegative Ricci curvature” and “nonnegative curvature operator”. Assuming some mild control on the scalar curvature of the Ricci flow, we show that if a solution to the Ricci flow has its curvature operator which satisfies

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