Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We prove several analogs of Gromov’s macroscopic dimension conjecture with extra curvature assumptions. More explicitly, we show that for an open Riemannian n-manifold (M, g) of nonnegative Ricci (resp. sectional) curvature, if it has uniformly positive scalar curvature and it is uniformly volume noncollapsed, then the essential (resp. Hausdorff) dimension of an asymptotic cone, as a notion of largeness, has a sharp upper bound $$n-2$$ n - 2 , which is 2 less than the upper bound for an open Riemannian manifold with only nonnegative Ricci curvature. As a consequence, the dimension of space of linear growth harmonic functions of M has upper bound $$n-1$$ n - 1 which is also 2 less than the sharp bound $$n+1$$ n + 1 when M only has nonnegative Ricci curvature. We also prove the first Betti number upper bound is $$n-2$$ n - 2 if M is compact, and $$n-3$$ n - 3 if M is non-compact. When M is compact we show a fibration theorem over torus, and a rigidity theorem for the fiber when the first Betti number upper bound is achieved.
Source: Mathematische Annalen
Author: Xingyu Zhu
Institution: University of Bonn
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,190
OpenAlex ID: W4409745161