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Decay of scalar curvature on uniformly contractible manifolds with finite asymptotic dimension.
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Communications on Pure & Applied Mathematics . Jan2024, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p372-440. 69p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Gromov proved a quadratic decay inequality of scalar curvature for a class of complete manifolds. In this paper, we prove that for any uniformly contractible manifold with finite asymptotic dimension, its scalar curvature decays to zero at a rate depending only on the contractibility radius of the manifold and the diameter control of the asymptotic dimension. We construct examples of uniformly contractible manifolds with finite asymptotic dimension whose scalar curvature functions decay arbitrarily slowly. This shows that our result is the best possible. We prove our result by studying the index pairing between Dirac operators and compactly supported vector bundles with Lipschitz control. A key technical ingredient for the proof of our main result is a Lipschitz control for the topological K‐theory of finite dimensional simplicial complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CURVATURE
*DIRAC operators
*K-theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00103640
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Communications on Pure & Applied Mathematics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173469762
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.22128