The Doubling Conjecture for positive scalar curvature

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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