Scalar curvature of spheres
Scalar curvature of spheres
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球体的标量曲率
DOI:
10.1007/bf01230287
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
0.8
通讯作者:
Osamu Kobayashi
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作者:
Osamu Kobayashi
It is known that, if a compact n-manifold M, n~ 3, admits ametrie of positive scalar curvature, then any smooth function of M 1s realized as the scalar curvature funct10n of some metric of M (cf.[lJ). Th1s paper 1s an attempt to show th1s statement will be true'even 1f we assume the metric has unit total volume. In the previous paper [2], this problem was solved except for positive constant funct1ons. Therefore we have only to find metrics with unit velume and with scalar curvature equal to arbitrarily given positive constant. One difficulty is that we cannot apply the Yamabe problem because it provides only constant scalar curvature less than or equal te that of the standard sphere~ hen the volume 1s normalized. On the other hand there are obvious cases in wh1ch we can easily get any positive constant scalar curvature under the volume constraint. That is, when M is a produet manifold MtX M