Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)


SIGMA 16 (2020), 128, 10 pages      arXiv:2007.14967      https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2020.128
Contribution to the Special Issue on Scalar and Ricci Curvature in honor of Misha Gromov on his 75th Birthday

Defining Pointwise Lower Scalar Curvature Bounds for $C^0$ Metrics with Regularization by Ricci Flow

Paula Burkhardt-Guim
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Received July 30, 2020, in final form November 19, 2020; Published online December 04, 2020

Abstract
We survey some recent work using Ricci flow to create a class of local definitions of weak lower scalar curvature bounds that is well defined for $C^0$ metrics. We discuss several properties of these definitions and explain some applications of this approach to questions regarding uniform convergence of metrics with scalar curvature bounded below. Finally, we consider the relationship between this approach and some other generalized notions of lower scalar curvature bounds.

Key words: Ricci flow; scalar curvature; synthetic lower curvature bounds.

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