Given a compact, three-dimensional, real-analytic Lorentzian manifold $(M,g)$, we prove that the identity component of the conformal group preserves a metric in the conformal class $[g]$, or $(M,g)$ is conformally flat.
We show a Lichnerowicz-Obata type estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian of $n$-dimensional closed Riemannian manifolds with an almost parallel $p$-form ($2\leq p \leq n/2$) in $L^2$-sense, and give an almost decomposition result of the manifold under some pinching conditions when $2\leq p<n/2$.
In this paper, we show several rigidity results for harmonic $(p,q)$-forms in complete Kähler manifolds. We also give several applications to study non-compact Kähler manifolds with parallel Bochner tensor or quaternion Kähler manifolds. Our results are natural extensions of Petersen and Wink's results in \cite{PW21, PW} in the setting of complete, non-compact Kähler manifolds.
Local normal forms for c-projectively equivalent metrics and proof of the Yano-Obata conjecture in arbitrary signature. Proof of the projective Lichnerowicz conjecture for Lorentzian metrics
We construct examples of nondegenerate CR manifolds with Levi form of signature $(p,q)$, $2\leq p\leq q$, which are compact, not locally CR flat, and admit essential CR vector fields. We also construct an example of a noncompact nondegenerate CR manifold with signature $(1,n-1)$ which is not locally CR flat and admits an essential CR vector fields. These provide counterexamples to the analogue of the Lichnerowicz conjecture for CR manifolds with mixed signature.
There are very few general theorems on the kernel of the well-known Lichnerowicz Laplacian. In the present article we consider the geometry of the kernel of this operator restricted to covariant (not necessarily symmetric or skew-symmetric) tensors. Our approach is based on the analytical method, due to Bochner, of proving vanishing theorems for the null space of Laplace operator. In particular, we pay special attention to the kernel of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian on Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact and noncompact types. In conclusion, we give some applications to the theories of infinite…
We prove rigidity for the Lichnerowicz-type eigenvalue estimate for the Kohn Laplacian on strictly pseudoconvex three-manifolds with nonnegative CR Paneitz operator and positive Webster curvature.
For a second order operator on a compact manifold satisfying the strong Hörmander condition, we give a bound for the spectral gap analogous to the Lichnerowicz estimate for the Laplacian of a Riemannian manifold. We consider a wide class of such operators which includes horizontal lifts of the Laplacian on Riemannian submersions with minimal leaves.
We study the prescribed scalar curvature problem, namely finding which function can be obtained as the scalar curvature of a metric in a given conformal class. We deal with the case of asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds and restrict ourselves to non positive prescribed scalar curvature. Following earlier results, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition on the zero set of the prescribed scalar curvature so that the problem admits a (unique) solution.
We prove a Lichnerowicz type lower bound for the first nontrivial eigenvalue of the $p$-Laplacian on Kähler manifolds. Parallel to the $p = 2$ case, the first eigenvalue lower bound is improved by using a decomposition of the Hessian on Kähler manifolds with positive Ricci curvature.
In this paper, we give two Lichnerowicz type formulas for modified Novikov operators. We prove KastlerKalau-Walze type theorems for modified Novikov operators on compact manifolds with (resp.without) boundary. We also compute the spectral action for Witten deformation on 4-dimensional compact manifolds.
In this paper, we obtain two Lichnerowicz type formulas for sub-signature operators. And we give the proof of Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for sub-signature operators on 4-dimensional and 6-dimensional compact manifolds with (resp.without) boundary.
In this paper, we obtain two Lichnerowicz type formulas for the Dirac-Witten operators. And we give the proof of Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for the Dirac-Witten operators on 4-dimensional and 6- dimensional compact manifolds with (resp.without) boundary
In this paper, we give the Lichnerowicz type formulas for statistical de Rham Hodge operators. Moreover, Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for statistical de Rham Hodge operators on compact manifolds with (respectively without) boundary are proved.
In Kähler geometry, Fujiki--Donaldson show that the scalar curvature arises as the moment map for Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms. In generalized Kähler geometry, one does not have suitable notions of Levi-Civita connection and curvature, however there still exists a precise framework for a moment map and the scalar curvature is defined as the moment map. Then a fundamental question is to understand the existence or non-existence of generalized Kähler structures with constant scalar curvature. In the paper, we study the Lie algebra of automorphisms of a generalized complex manifold. We assume that…
We establish some important inequalities under the condition that the weighted Ricci curvature $\mathrm{Ric}_{\infty}\geq K$ for some constant $K >0$ by using improved Bochner inequality and its integrated form. Firstly, we obtain a sharp Poincaré-Lichnerowicz inequality. Further, we give a new proof for logarithmic Sobolev inequality. Finally, we obtain an estimate of the volume of geodesic balls.
Let g be a G-invariant Einstein metric on a compact homogeneous space M=G/K. We use a formula for the Lichnerowicz Laplacian of g at G-invariant TT-tensors to study the stability type of g as a critical point of the scalar curvature function. The case when g is naturally reductive is studied in special detail.
In this paper, we establish an intrinsic Gauss-Bonnet-Chern formula for Finsler manifolds by using the Mathai-Quillen's superconnection formalism, in which no extra vector field is involved. Furthermore, we prove a more general Lichnerowicz formula in this direction through a geometric localization procedure.
For any $G$-invariant metric on a compact homogeneous space $M=G/K$, we give a formula for the Lichnerowicz Laplacian restricted to the space of all $G$-invariant symmetric $2$-tensors in terms of the structural constants of $G/K$. As an application, we compute the $G$-invariant spectrum of the Lichnerowicz Laplacian for all the Einstein metrics on most generalized Wallach spaces and any flag manifold with $b_2(M)=1$. This allows to deduce the $G$-stability and critical point types of each of such Einstein metrics as a critical point of the scalar curvature functional.
We establish some important inequalities under a lower weighted Ricci curvature bound on Finsler manifolds. Firstly, we establish a relative volume comparison of Bishop-Gromov type. As one of the applications, we obtain an upper bound for volumes of the Finsler manifolds. Further, when the S-curvature is bounded on the whole manifold, we obtain a theorem of Bonnet-Myers type on Finsler manifolds. Finally, we obtain a sharp Poincaré-Lichnerowicz inequality by using integrated Bochner inequality, from which we obtain a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue on the Finsler manifolds.
In this paper, we give a Lichnerowicz type formula for the J-twist D_J of the Dirac operator. And we prove a Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorem for the J-twist D_J of the Dirac operator on 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional almost product Riemannian spin manifold with boundary.
In this paper, we give Lichnerowicz type formulas for the perturbation of the de Rham Hodge operator. We prove the Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for the perturbation of the de Rham Hodge operator on 4-dimensional and 6-dimensional compact manifolds with (resp.without) boundary. Some concrete examples of the perturbation of the de Rham Hodge operator are provided for our main theorems.
In this paper, we obtain two Lichnerowicz type formulas for the operators $\sqrt{-1}\widehat{c}(V)(d+δ)$ and $-\sqrt{-1}(d+δ)\widehat{c}(V)$. And we give the proof of Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for the operators $\sqrt{-1}\widehat{c}(V)(d+δ)$ and $-\sqrt{-1}(d+δ)\widehat{c}(V)$ on 3,4-dimensional oriented compact manifolds with (resp.without) boundary.
We show that a compact quaternionic contact manifold of dimension seven that satisfies a Lichnerowicz-type lower Ricci-type bound and has the $P$-function of any eigenfunction of the sub-Laplacian non-negative achieves its smallest possible eigenvalue only if the structure is qc-Einstein. In particular, under the stated conditions, the lowest eigenvalue is achieved if and only if the manifold is qc-equivalent to the standard $3$-Sasakian sphere.