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A Note about Isotopy and Concordance of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics on Compact Manifolds with Boundary
Alessandro Carlottoa, Chao Lib a Università di Trento, Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Trento, Italy
b New York University – Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
Abstract:
We study notions of isotopy and concordance for Riemannian metrics on manifolds with boundary and, in particular, we introduce two variants of the concept of minimal concordance, the weaker one naturally arising when considering certain spaces of metrics defined by a suitable spectral “stability” condition. We develop some basic tools and obtain a rather complete picture in the case of surfaces.
Keywords:
positive scalar curvature, isotopy, concordance, free boundary minimal surfaces.
Received: July 3, 2023; in final form January 31, 2024; Published online February 13, 2024
Citation:
Alessandro Carlotto, Chao Li, “A Note about Isotopy and Concordance of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics on Compact Manifolds with Boundary”, SIGMA, 20 (2024), 014, 13 pp.
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