Criticality, splitting theorems under spectral Ricci bounds and the topology of stable minimal hypersurfaces

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Main Authors: Catino, Giovanni, Mari, Luciano, Mastrolia, Paolo, Roncoroni, Alberto
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author Catino, Giovanni
Mari, Luciano
Mastrolia, Paolo
Roncoroni, Alberto
author_facet Catino, Giovanni
Mari, Luciano
Mastrolia, Paolo
Roncoroni, Alberto
contents In this paper we prove general criticality criteria for operators $Δ+ V$ on manifolds with more than one end, where $V$ bounds the Ricci curvature, and a related spectral splitting theorem extending Cheeger-Gromoll's one. Our results give new insight on Li-Wang's theory of manifolds with a weighted Poincaré inequality. We apply them to study stable and $δ$-stable minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds with non-negative bi-Ricci or sectional curvature, in ambient dimension up to $5$ and $6$, respectively. In the special case where the ambient space is $\mathbb{R}^4$, we prove that a $1/3$-stable minimal hypersurface must either have one end or be a catenoid, and that proper, $δ$-stable minimal hypersurfaces with $δ> 1/3$ must be hyperplanes.
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spellingShingle Criticality, splitting theorems under spectral Ricci bounds and the topology of stable minimal hypersurfaces
Catino, Giovanni
Mari, Luciano
Mastrolia, Paolo
Roncoroni, Alberto
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
In this paper we prove general criticality criteria for operators $Δ+ V$ on manifolds with more than one end, where $V$ bounds the Ricci curvature, and a related spectral splitting theorem extending Cheeger-Gromoll's one. Our results give new insight on Li-Wang's theory of manifolds with a weighted Poincaré inequality. We apply them to study stable and $δ$-stable minimal hypersurfaces in manifolds with non-negative bi-Ricci or sectional curvature, in ambient dimension up to $5$ and $6$, respectively. In the special case where the ambient space is $\mathbb{R}^4$, we prove that a $1/3$-stable minimal hypersurface must either have one end or be a catenoid, and that proper, $δ$-stable minimal hypersurfaces with $δ> 1/3$ must be hyperplanes.
title Criticality, splitting theorems under spectral Ricci bounds and the topology of stable minimal hypersurfaces
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12631