For a compact $n$-dimensional manifold a critical point metric of the total scalar curvature functional satisfies the critical point equation (1) below, if the functional is restricted to the space of constant scalar curvature metrics of unit volume. The right-hand side in this equation is nothing but the adjoint operator of the linearization of the total scalar curvature acting on functions. The structure of the kernel space of the adjoint operator plays an important role in the geometry of the underlying manifold. In this paper, we study some geometric structure of a given manifold when the kernel space of the adjoint operator is nontrivial. As an application, we show that if there are two distinct solutions satisfying the critical point equation mentioned above, then the metric should be Einstein. This generalizes a main result in [6] to arbitrary dimension.
On a compact oriented n-dimensional manifold $(M^n,\;g)$, it has been conjectured that a metric g satisfying the critical point equation (2) should be Einstein. In this paper, we prove that if a manifold $(M^4,\;g)$ is a 4-dimensional oriented compact warped product, then g can not be a solution of CPE with a non-zero solution function f.
It has been realized that the proof of Theorem 5.1 in Section 5 is imcomplete. It was pointed out by Professor Jongsu Kim and Israel Evangelista. Here we give a correct proof of Theorem 5.1
Partial differential equations on a Riemannain manifold is one of the most important areas in differential geometry. In this article, we survey the role of parabolic equations on some of the main results of differential geometry and topology, especially in the modern mathematical history. Also, we introduce some recent research in this area.
We consider the parabolic evolution differential equation such as heat equation and porus-medium equation on a Riemannian manifold M whose Ricci curvature is bounded below by $-(n-1)k^2$ and bounded below by 0 on some amount of M. We derive some bounds of differential quantities for a positive solution and some inequalities which resemble Harnack inequalities.
For the dual operator $s_g'^*$ of the linearization $s_g'$ of the scalar curvature function, it is well-known that if $\ker s_g'^*\neq 0$, then $s_g$ is a non-negative constant. In particular, if the Ricci curvature is not flat, then $ {s_g}/(n-1)$ is an eigenvalue of the Laplacian of the metric $g$. In this work, some variational characterizations were performed for the space $\ker s_g'^*$. To accomplish this task, we introduce a fourth-order elliptic differential operator $\mathcal A$ and a related geometric invariant $\nu$. We prove that $\nu$ vanishes if and only if $\ker s_g'^* \ne 0$, and if the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator is large compared to its scalar curvature, then $\nu$ is positive and $\ker s_g'^*= 0$. Furthermore, we calculated the lower bound on $\nu$ in the case of $\ker s_g'^* = 0$. We also show that if there exists a function which is $\mathcal A$-superharmonic and the Ricci curvature has a lower bound, then the first non-zero eigenvalue of the Laplace operator has an upper bound.
We consider the Hyers-Ulam stability for a class of trigonometric functional equations in the spaces of generalized functions such as Schwartz distributions and Gelfand hyperfunctions.