The large-scale structure of 4-manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth

12.03.2025 11:30 - 12:30

Daniele Semola (U Wien)

Thanks to Gromov's pre-compactness theorem and the work of Cheeger and Colding, any complete n-manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature and Euclidean volume growth is asymptotic to a family of cones at infinity in the pointed Gromov-Hausdorff sense. When n=4, a naive argument suggests that the sections of these cones are positively Ricci curved and hence homeomorphic to spherical space forms by Hamilton's work. I will discuss joint work with Elia Bruè and Alessandro Pigati where we make this argument rigorous.

 

Organiser:

T. Körber, A. Molchanova, F. Rupp

Location:

BZ 2, 2. OG., OMP 1