Generalized nonnegative scalar curvature under intrinsic-flat convergence

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Suppose a sequence of three-dimensional manifolds satisfies

Mj3⟶FM∞orMj3⟶VFM∞,M_j^3\stackrel{\mathcal F}{\longrightarrow}M_\infty \quad\text{or}\quad M_j^3\stackrel{V\mathcal F}{\longrightarrow}M_\infty,

with Scalar⁡j≥0\operatorname{Scalar}_j\ge 0 and

MinA⁡(Mj)≥A0>0,Vol⁡(Mj)∈[V0,V1]⊂(0,∞),Diam⁡(Mj)≤D0.\operatorname{MinA}(M_j)\ge A_0>0,\qquad \operatorname{Vol}(M_j)\in[V_0,V_1]\subset(0,\infty),\qquad \operatorname{Diam}(M_j)\le D_0.

Generalized scalar-curvature conjecture. Then: (a) M∞M_\infty is a nonzero integral current space, with no cancellation without collapse; (b) M∞M_\infty is geodesic; (c) angles between geodesics emanating from a point exist in a suitable sense; (d) dihedral angles between intersecting surfaces exist in a suitable sense; (e) Gromov's Gauss–Bonnet Prism Inequality holds on M∞M_\infty; and (f) for every p∈M∞p\in M_\infty there exists rp>0r_p>0 such that for every r<rpr<r_p,

Vp(r)=M(B(p,r))4πr3/3≤1.V_p(r)=\frac{{\mathbf M}(B(p,r))}{4\pi r^3/3}\le 1.

These properties would provide a generalized notion of nonnegative scalar curvature on the limit space. The conjecture is open.

References

Primary source

Christina Sormani, “Scalar Curvature and Intrinsic Flat Convergence”, arXiv:1606.08949 (2016).

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