Dissolving four-manifolds and positive scalar curvature

Positive Scalar Curvature on Noncompact Manifolds and the Liouville Theorem

Using minimal hypersurfaces, we obtain topological obstructions to admitting complete metrics with positive scalar curvature on a given class of non-compact n-manifolds with n less than 8. We show that the Liouville theorem for a locally conformally flat n-manifold of non-negative scalar curvature follows from the impossibility of there being a positive scalar curvature metric on its connect sum with the n-torus. With the recent work of Chodosh-Li, the Liouville theorem is now proved in all remaining cases. Finally, using MOTS instead of minimal hypersurfaces, we show an Initial Data Set versi…

无穷远处的链接与非紧致流形上的标量曲率衰减

Linking at Infinity and Scalar Curvature Decay on Non-Compact Manifolds

研究非紧致正标量曲率流形上曲率衰减与无穷远处拓扑结构的关系，证明拓扑链接迫使弱有界几何流形上标量曲率多项式衰减，并发展局部于非紧致流形端点的障碍理论。

Scalar curvatures of Hermitian metrics on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces

In this article we show that any finite cover of the moduli space of closed Riemann surfaces of $g$ genus with $g\geq 2$ does not admit any complete finite-volume Hermitian metric of non-negative scalar curvature. Moreover, we also show that the total mass of the scalar curvature of any almost Hermitian metric, which is equivalent to the Teichmüller metric, on any finite cover of the moduli space is negative provided that the scalar curvature is bounded from below.

Scalar curvature, mean curvature and harmonic maps to the circle

We study harmonic maps from a 3-manifold with boundary to $\mathbb{S}^1$ and prove a special case of dihedral rigidity of three dimensional cubes whose dihedral angles are $π/ 2$. Furthermore we give some applications to mapping torus hyperbolic 3-manifolds.