July 2024 Contractible 3-manifold and Positive scalar curvature (I)
Jian Wang
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J. Differential Geom. 127(3): 1267-1304 (July 2024). DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1721071503

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In this work we prove that the Whitehead manifold has no complete metric of non-negative scalar curvature. This result can be generalized to the genus one case. Precisely, we show that no contractible genus one 3-manifold admits a complete metric of non-negaitve scalar curvature.

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Jian Wang. "Contractible 3-manifold and Positive scalar curvature (I)." J. Differential Geom. 127 (3) 1267 - 1304, July 2024. https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1721071503

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Received: 20 March 2020; Accepted: 5 August 2022; Published: July 2024
First available in Project Euclid: 15 July 2024

Digital Object Identifier: 10.4310/jdg/1721071503

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