Generalized-cone characterization of the timelike curvature-dimension condition

Let N∈(1,∞)N\in(1,\infty), κ∈R\kappa\in\mathbb{R}, and let XX be a proper, complete, geodesic metric space with a Radon measure m\mathfrak{m}. Let f:I→[0,∞)f:I\to[0,\infty) be Lipschitz and satisfy f−1({0})=∂If^{-1}(\{0\})=\partial I. Write Y=− ⁣I×fNXY={}^-\!I\times_f^N X and set

η:=sup⁡I{−(f′)2+κf2}.\eta:=\sup_I\{-(f')^2+\kappa f^2\}.

Generalized-cone characterization conjecture. The space YY satisfies TCD(−κN,N+1)\textnormal{\textsf{TCD}}(-\kappa N,N+1) if and only if f”−κf≤0f”-\kappa f\leq0 in the distributional sense in II, and XX satisfies CD(η(N−1),N)\textnormal{\textsf{CD}}(\eta(N-1),N). This is proposed as a generalization of the proved warped-product results in the paper; the full if-and-only-if characterization remains open.

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Matteo Calisti, Christian Ketterer and Clemens Sämann, “Generalized cones admitting a curvature-dimension condition”, arXiv:2506.02723 (2026).

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