Smoothing $L^\infty$ Riemannian metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature outside of a singular set

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contents We show that any $L^\infty$ Riemannian metric $g$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ that is smooth with nonnegative scalar curvature away from a singular set of finite $(n-α)$-dimensional Minkowski content, for some $α>2$, admits an approximation by smooth Riemannian metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature, provided that $g$ is sufficiently close in $L^\infty$ to the Euclidean metric. The approximation is given by time slices of the Ricci-DeTurck flow, which converge locally in $C^\infty$ to $g$ away from the singular set. We also identify conditions under which a smooth Ricci-DeTurck flow starting from a $L^\infty$ metric that is uniformly bilipschitz to Euclidean space and smooth with nonnegative scalar curvature away from a finite set of points must have nonnegative scalar curvature for positive times.
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spellingShingle Smoothing $L^\infty$ Riemannian metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature outside of a singular set
Burkhardt-Guim, Paula
Differential Geometry
53E20, 53C21
We show that any $L^\infty$ Riemannian metric $g$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ that is smooth with nonnegative scalar curvature away from a singular set of finite $(n-α)$-dimensional Minkowski content, for some $α>2$, admits an approximation by smooth Riemannian metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature, provided that $g$ is sufficiently close in $L^\infty$ to the Euclidean metric. The approximation is given by time slices of the Ricci-DeTurck flow, which converge locally in $C^\infty$ to $g$ away from the singular set. We also identify conditions under which a smooth Ricci-DeTurck flow starting from a $L^\infty$ metric that is uniformly bilipschitz to Euclidean space and smooth with nonnegative scalar curvature away from a finite set of points must have nonnegative scalar curvature for positive times.
title Smoothing $L^\infty$ Riemannian metrics with nonnegative scalar curvature outside of a singular set
topic Differential Geometry
53E20, 53C21
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04564