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The main equivalence uses the exact $n$-dimensional Hausdorff reference measure, full support and the unreduced $\operatorname{RCD}((n-1)\kappa,n)$ condition together with the global test-class curvature inequality. It claims precisely equivalence with $n$-dimensional Alexandrov curvature bounded below by $\kappa$.
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Gigli distributional sectional-curvature characterization
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Distributional characterization of Alexandrov curvature: The paper claims equivalence between lower Alexandrov curvature and the corresponding noncollapsed RCD bound together with Gigli’s distributional sectional inequality. It uses the original global test classes for every integer dimension at least two.Mathematical statement of the claimed result
Mathematical claim 1.
For a complete separable metric space $(M,d)$, integer $n\ge2$ and $\kappa\in\mathbb R$, the claim equates being an $n$-dimensional Alexandrov space of curvature $\ge\kappa$ with the following analytic conditions: $m=\mathcal H_d^n$ has full support, $(M,d,m)$ is unreduced $\operatorname{RCD}((n-1)\kappa,n)$, and \[R(X,Y,Y,X)(f)\ge\kappa\int f(|X|^2|Y|^2-\langle X,Y\rangle^2)\,dm\] for every test field pair $X,Y$ and nonnegative test $f$. The test functions lie in the $L^2$ Laplacian domain, have bounded globally Lipschitz representatives and $\Delta f\in W^{1,2}$; test fields are finite sums $a\nabla b$ of such functions. With $[X,Y]=\nabla_XY-\nabla_YX$, the distributional tensor is \[\begin{aligned}R(X,Y,Z,W)(f)=\int\bigl(&-\langle\nabla_X(fW),\nabla_YZ\rangle-f\langle\nabla_YZ,W\rangle\operatorname{div}X\\&+\langle\nabla_Y(fW),\nabla_XZ\rangle+f\langle\nabla_XZ,W\rangle\operatorname{div}Y-f\langle\nabla_{[X,Y]}Z,W\rangle\bigr)\,dm.\end{aligned}\] The curvature sign is $\nabla_X\nabla_Y-\nabla_Y\nabla_X-\nabla_{[X,Y]}$. RCD here combines the unreduced curvature-dimension condition with quadratic Cheeger energy; the reference measure is exactly Hausdorff measure.Outline of the argument
Distributional characterization of Alexandrov curvature: RCD calculus supplies the starting transport and differential structure. Additional index, frame, and distance-comparison arguments turn the distributional sectional condition into geometric triangle comparison. The companion reweighting theorem propagates weak Hessian bounds to prescribed geodesics, enabling the curvature implication without replacing the original test classes by stronger ones.Formal verification
Family 356 describes Lean coverage for the weak-Hessian inequality on every geodesic; the full sectional-curvature characterization is separate.Distributional characterization of Alexandrov curvature: No manuscript-specific Comparator is listed in the pinned inventory.
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- OpenAI, Gigli's distributional curvature characterization of Alexandrov spaces, 2026-09-24; citation key
OAI:Giglis-distributional-curvature-characterization-of-Alexandrov-spaces-September-24-2026. PDF (GitHub); PDF (direct); Manuscript page and citation; Latest version; Statement source: main:equivalence. - Family 356: Lean scope.
- OpenAI catalogue entry.