Some characterizations of space-forms
Authors:
Stefano Pigola, Marco Rigoli and Alberto G. Setti
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 359 (2007), 1817-1828
MSC (2000):
Primary 53C21; Secondary 35J60, 35B05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04091-8
Published electronically:
November 3, 2006
Erratum:
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 -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:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04091-8
Keywords:
Space forms,
vanishing theorems,
isolation phenomena
Received by editor(s):
January 29, 2005
Published electronically:
November 3, 2006
Dedicated:
Dedicated to the memory of Franca Burrone Rigoli
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American Mathematical Society
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