08.05.2025, 16:15
– Haus 9, Raum 1.22
Forschungsseminar Differentialgeometrie
Scalar Curvature Rigidity and Higher Index Theory
Thomas Tony
Christian Rose (Technische Universität Chemnitz)
We show that if the negative part of the Ricci curvature of a compact manifold is in the Kato-class, the Cheeger constant of the manifold can be bounded below by a positive constant. This is obtained by suitable heat kernel and eigenvalue estimates as well as a Buser-type inequality which relates the Cheeger constant and the first non-zero eigenvalue.