The Doubling Conjecture for positive scalar curvature

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Let XX be a compact manifold with boundary, let M=Dbl⁡(X,∂X)M=\operatorname{Dbl}(X,\partial X) be its double, and let a metric of positive scalar curvature mean a Riemannian metric whose scalar curvature is everywhere positive. A metric on XX has positive mean curvature on ∂X\partial X when the mean curvature of the boundary, with respect to the chosen outward normal, is positive. Doubling Conjecture. If MM admits a metric of positive scalar curvature, then XX admits a metric of positive scalar curvature with positive mean curvature on ∂X\partial X. This is the proposed converse to the paper's doubling theorem and asks when positive scalar curvature on the double can be detected by a suitable metric on the manifold with boundary; its status is presented as an open problem.

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Jonathan Rosenberg and Shmuel Weinberger, “Positive scalar curvature on manifolds with boundary and their doubles”, arXiv:2201.01263 (2022).

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