A Splitting Theorem for Scalar Curvature

Otis Chodosh; Michael Eichmair; Vlad Moraru

doi:10.1002/cpa.21803

A Splitting Theorem for Scalar Curvature

Otis Chodosh, Michael Eichmair, Vlad Moraru

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We show that a Riemannian 3-manifold with nonnegative scalar curvature is flat if it contains an area-minimizing cylinder. This scalar-curvature analogue of the classical splitting theorem of J. Cheeger and D. Gromoll (1971) was conjectured by D. Fischer-Colbrie and R. Schoen (1980) and by M. Cai and G. Galloway (2000).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1231-1242
Number of pages	12
Journal	Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume	72
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.21803
State	Published - Jun 2019

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Applied Mathematics

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