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Some characterizations of space-forms

Author(s): Stefano Pigola; Marco Rigoli; Alberto G. Setti
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 359 (2007), 1817-1828.
MSC (2000): Primary 53C21; Secondary 35J60, 35B05
Posted: November 3, 2006
Errata: Tran. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 (2008), 3943-3944.
MathSciNet review: 2272150
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Abstract: Integral conditions on the traceless Ricci tensor are used to characterize Euclidean and hyperbolic spaces among complete, locally conformally flat manifolds of constant scalar curvature. The main tools are vanishing-type results for $ L^{p}$-solutions of a large class of differential inequalities. Further applications of the technique are also given.

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Stefano Pigola
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, Università dell'Insubria - Como, via Valleggio 11, I-22100 Como, Italy
Email: stefano.pigola@uninsubria.it

Marco Rigoli
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Milano, via Saldini 50, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Email: rigoli@mat.unimi.it

Alberto G. Setti
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, Università dell'Insubria - Como, via Valleggio 11, I-22100 Como, Italy
Email: alberto.setti@uninsubria.it

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04091-8
PII: S 0002-9947(06)04091-8
Keywords: Space forms, vanishing theorems, isolation phenomena
Received by editor(s): January 29, 2005
Posted: November 3, 2006
Dedicated: Dedicated to the memory of Franca Burrone Rigoli
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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