Small scale index theory, scalar curvature, and Gromov's simplicial norms

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Autores principales: Ma, Qiaochu, Yu, Guoliang
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author Ma, Qiaochu
Yu, Guoliang
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Yu, Guoliang
contents In this article, we study the topological complexity of manifolds with a lower scalar curvature bound. We introduce a small scale index theorem to establish an upper bound for Gromov's simplicial norm of the Poincaré dual of the A-hat class for manifolds with spin universal covering, in terms of a scalar curvature lower bound, volume upper bound, and injectivity radius lower bound of the universal covering. This result can be viewed both as a generalization of Lichnerowicz vanishing theorem and as a scalar curvature analogue to Cheeger finiteness theorem.
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spellingShingle Small scale index theory, scalar curvature, and Gromov's simplicial norms
Ma, Qiaochu
Yu, Guoliang
Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
K-Theory and Homology
In this article, we study the topological complexity of manifolds with a lower scalar curvature bound. We introduce a small scale index theorem to establish an upper bound for Gromov's simplicial norm of the Poincaré dual of the A-hat class for manifolds with spin universal covering, in terms of a scalar curvature lower bound, volume upper bound, and injectivity radius lower bound of the universal covering. This result can be viewed both as a generalization of Lichnerowicz vanishing theorem and as a scalar curvature analogue to Cheeger finiteness theorem.
title Small scale index theory, scalar curvature, and Gromov's simplicial norms
topic Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
K-Theory and Homology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14791