A sharp spectral splitting theorem

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Main Authors: Antonelli, Gioacchino, Pozzetta, Marco, Xu, Kai
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author Antonelli, Gioacchino
Pozzetta, Marco
Xu, Kai
author_facet Antonelli, Gioacchino
Pozzetta, Marco
Xu, Kai
contents We prove a sharp spectral generalization of the Cheeger--Gromoll splitting theorem. We show that if a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $n\geq 2$ has at least two ends and \[ λ_1(-γΔ+\mathrm{Ric})\geq 0, \] for some $γ<\frac{4}{n-1}$, then $M$ splits isometrically as $\mathbb R\times N$ for some compact manifold $N$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. We show that the constant $\frac{4}{n-1}$ is sharp, and the multiple-end assumption is necessary for any $γ>0$.
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spellingShingle A sharp spectral splitting theorem
Antonelli, Gioacchino
Pozzetta, Marco
Xu, Kai
Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
We prove a sharp spectral generalization of the Cheeger--Gromoll splitting theorem. We show that if a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of dimension $n\geq 2$ has at least two ends and \[ λ_1(-γΔ+\mathrm{Ric})\geq 0, \] for some $γ<\frac{4}{n-1}$, then $M$ splits isometrically as $\mathbb R\times N$ for some compact manifold $N$ with nonnegative Ricci curvature. We show that the constant $\frac{4}{n-1}$ is sharp, and the multiple-end assumption is necessary for any $γ>0$.
title A sharp spectral splitting theorem
topic Differential Geometry
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12707