Abstract
Groping our way toward a theory of singular spaces with positive scalar curvatures we look at the Dirac operator and a generalized Plateau problem in Riemannian manifolds with corners. Using these, we prove that the set of C 2-smooth Riemannian metrics g on a smooth manifold X, such that scalg(x) ≥ κ(x), is closed under C 0-limits of Riemannian metrics for all continuous functions κ on X. Apart from that our progress is limited but we formulate many conjectures. All along, we emphasize geometry, rather than topology of manifolds with their scalar curvatures bounded from below.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1109-1156 |
Number of pages | 48 |
Journal | Central European Journal of Mathematics |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- Dirac operator
- Plateau problem
- Reflection groups
- Scalar curvature
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics