Positive scalar-curvature rigidity conjecture for small-curvature noncompact manifolds

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Let Cs,v0>0C_s,v_0>0 and n3n\geq 3. Let (Mn,g0)(M^n,g_0) be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold. Assume that

Csob(M)Cs1,C_{sob}(M)\geq C_s^{-1}, Volg0(Bg0(x,r))v0rnfor all (x,r)M×R+,\operatorname{Vol}_{g_0}\left(B_{g_0}(x,r)\right)\leq v_0r^n\quad\text{for all }(x,r)\in M\times\mathbb{R}_+, Rm(g0)Ln/2(M)δ0(n,Cs,v0),\left\|\operatorname{Rm}(g_0)\right\|_{L^{n/2}(M)}\leq \delta_0(n,C_s,v_0),

and R(g0)0\mathcal{R}(g_0)\geq 0. Positive scalar-curvature rigidity conjecture. There exists δ0(n,Cs,v0)>0\delta_0(n,C_s,v_0)>0 such that every such (M,g0)(M,g_0) is isometric to Rn\mathbb{R}^n. The conjecture would give a rigidity theorem under Sobolev control, at-most-Euclidean volume growth, small Ln/2L^{n/2} curvature, and nonnegative scalar curvature, extending the positive-mass rigidity perspective discussed in the paper.

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Primary source

Man-Chun Lee and Tang-Kai Lee, “Local mollification of metrics with small curvature concentration”, arXiv:2510.12673 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (1994–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:dg-ga/9412006.

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