Math-2655 · mathematics · Geometry

Math-2655

Bounded scalar curvature extends closed four-dimensional Ricci flow

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Let g(t), $0\leq t<T<\infty $, be a smooth Ricci flow from a smooth metric on a closed connected smooth four-manifold. If $sup_{M×[0,T})|Scal_g(t)|$ is finite, must g(t) extend as a smooth Ricci flow on the same manifold to an interval $[0,T+\varepsilon )$ for some $\varepsilon >0$?

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Let g(t), $0\leq t<T<\infty $, be a smooth Ricci flow from a smooth metric on a closed connected smooth four-manifold. If $sup_{M×[0,T})|Scal_g(t)|$ is finite, must g(t) extend as a smooth Ricci flow on the same manifold to an interval $[0,T+\varepsilon )$ for some $\varepsilon >0$?

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OpenAI claim summary for Math-2655

Four-dimensional Ricci-flow extension: The paper claims smooth continuation of a Ricci flow on a closed four-manifold through any finite time at which scalar curvature stays uniformly bounded. The continuation occurs on the same manifold. The parameters, regularity assumptions and normalization in this question are retained in applying that assertion.

With the hypotheses and conventions above, the claimed result addresses the whole mathematical assertion on this page.

Bounded scalar curvature extends closed four-dimensional Ricci flow

OpenAI's claim

Four-dimensional Ricci-flow extension: The paper claims smooth continuation of a Ricci flow on a closed four-manifold through any finite time at which scalar curvature stays uniformly bounded. The continuation occurs on the same manifold.

Mathematical statement of the claimed result

Mathematical claim 1.
On a closed connected smooth four-manifold consider a Ricci flow $g(t)$ whose initial metric and time evolution are smooth for $0\le t<T<\infty$. The claimed implication is \[\sup_{M\times[0,T)}|\operatorname{Scal}_{g(t)}|<\infty\quad\Longrightarrow\quad\exists\epsilon>0:\ g(t)\text{ extends smoothly to }[0,T+\epsilon).\] In particular at a finite maximal four-dimensional existence time, $\limsup_{t\uparrow T}\max_M\operatorname{Scal}_{g(t)}=+\infty$. No corresponding extension conclusion in arbitrary dimension is asserted.

Outline of the argument

Four-dimensional Ricci-flow extension: Outermost concentration scales produce buffered time patches and finite Ricci-flat bubble trees. Parabolic annular estimates and a time maximal function convert spacetime Ricci energy into the static weighted error of a companion elliptic theorem. Comparing positive functional variation with static smallness forces the root energy to vanish, contradicting the selected change of concentration scale.

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Four-dimensional Ricci-flow extension: The pinned catalogue lists no Lean formalization for this result.

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