Concordance of metrics of positive scalar curvature #
Two metrics g₀ and g₁ of positive scalar curvature on M are concordant if there is a metric
of positive scalar curvature on the cylinder M × ℝ which is the product metric g₀ + dt² where
t ≤ 0 and g₁ + dt² where t ≥ 1. Concordance is the relation between metrics of positive
scalar curvature produced by the surgery and bordism constructions.
This file sets up the cylinder metric g + dt², whose scalar curvature at (x, t) is that of g
at x, and reparametrisations of the ℝ-coordinate of a metric on M × ℝ, pullbacks along
(x, t) ↦ (x, φ t) for a smooth φ with nowhere vanishing derivative. Reparametrising by
t ↦ 1 - t reverses a concordance. To concatenate two concordances, the second is translated by
2, glued to the first along 1 < t < 2, where both are the same product metric, and the window
[0, 3] is compressed into [0, 1]. The compression is a reparametrisation which is a translation
near both ends: an affine rescaling of t would replace dt² by a multiple and destroy the product
ends. Hence concordance is an equivalence relation on metrics of positive scalar curvature.
Concordance is natural. Pulling a concordance back along (x, t) ↦ (f x, t), for a smooth map
f whose differential is invertible at every point, such as a diffeomorphism or a covering map,
gives a concordance between the pullbacks of its ends. Multiplying a concordance by a constant
c > 0 multiplies dt² by c as well; reparametrising by t ↦ t / √c restores the product ends,
so c g₀ and c g₁ are concordant when g₀ and g₁ are. The product of a concordance from g₀
to g₁ with a metric g₂ of nonnegative scalar curvature, with the cylinder coordinate moved
from M × ℝ to (M × N) × ℝ, is a concordance from g₀ × g₂ to g₁ × g₂.
Concordances can equivalently be taken on the manifold with boundary M × [0, 1]: a collared
concordance is a metric of positive scalar curvature on M × [0, 1] which is g₀ + dt² near
t = 0 and g₁ + dt² near t = 1, where g + dt² on M × [0, 1] is the restriction
Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.restrictIcc of the cylinder metric. The restriction of a
concordance to M × [0, 1] itself need not have product collars. Instead, a concordance is
pulled back along (x, t) ↦ (x, ψ t) for a smooth increasing ψ : [0, 1] → [-1, 2] which is
t ↦ t - 1 near 0 and t ↦ t + 1 near 1. Conversely, a collared concordance is extended by
the product ends: it is pulled back to M × ℝ along (x, t) ↦ (x, θ t) for a smooth increasing
θ : ℝ → (0, 1) which is the identity away from the two collars, and glued to g₀ + dt² and
g₁ + dt² over the collars.
Main definitions #
Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.cylinder: the cylinder metricg + dt²onM × ℝ.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.reparamTime: the pullback of a metric onM × ℝalong(x, t) ↦ (x, φ t).Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsConcordance: a concordance fromg₀tog₁.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant:g₀andg₁are concordant, characterised byBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_iff.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsCollaredConcordance: a collared concordance fromg₀tog₁onM × [0, 1].
Main results #
Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.scalarCurvature_cylinder:Scal(g + dt²)(x, t) = Scal(g)(x).Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.scalarCurvature_reparamTime: the scalar curvature of the reparametrised metric at(x, t)is that of the original metric at(x, φ t).Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.cylinder_reparamTime_inner: a reparametrisation with|φ'| = 1preserves the cylinder metric.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsConcordance.hasPositiveScalarCurvature_leftandBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsConcordance.hasPositiveScalarCurvature_right: the ends of a concordance have positive scalar curvature.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_self_iff: a metric is concordant to itself exactly when it has positive scalar curvature.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsConcordance.reparamTime_one_subandBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant.symm: reversal of concordances.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant.trans: concatenation of concordances.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.equivalence_concordant: concordance is an equivalence relation on metrics of positive scalar curvature.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_of_inner_eq_cylinder: a metric of positive scalar curvature onM × ℝwith product ends outside any window[a, b]witnesses a concordance.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant.pullbackandBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_pullback_iff: concordance is preserved by pullback along maps with invertible differential, and preserved and reflected by pullback along diffeomorphisms.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant.rescale_constandBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_rescale_const_iff: rescaling by a positive constant preserves and reflects concordance.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.Concordant.prodTangentSpace_of_nonneg: concordance is preserved by products with a metric of nonnegative scalar curvature.Bundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsConcordance.exists_isCollaredConcordanceandBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.IsCollaredConcordance.concordant: concordances give collared concordances with the same ends, and conversely, so thatBundle.ContMDiffRiemannianMetric.concordant_iff_exists_isCollaredConcordance.
References #
- M. Gromov, H. B. Lawson, The classification of simply connected manifolds of positive scalar curvature, Ann. of Math. 111 (1980), 423–434.
- S. Stolz, Positive scalar curvature—constructions and obstructions, arXiv:2202.05904, for concordance and isotopy of metrics of positive scalar curvature.
The cylinder metric g + dt² on M × ℝ: the product of g with the standard metric of
ℝ.
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The cylinder metric g + dt² pairs the M-components with g and multiplies the
ℝ-components.
The cylinder metric g + dt² at (x, s) and at (x, t) is the same bilinear form.
The scalar curvature of the cylinder metric g + dt² at (x, t) is that of g at x.
The cylinder metric g + dt² has positive scalar curvature exactly when g does.
Reparametrise the ℝ-coordinate of a metric G on M × ℝ by a smooth φ : ℝ → ℝ with
nowhere vanishing derivative: the pullback of G along (x, t) ↦ (x, φ t).
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The reparametrised metric at (x, t) is G at (x, φ t), evaluated on the images of the
tangent vectors under the differential of (x, t) ↦ (x, φ t).
The reparametrised metric at (x, t) only depends on G at (x, φ t).
The scalar curvature of the reparametrised metric at (x, t) is that of G at (x, φ t).
Reparametrising the ℝ-coordinate preserves positive scalar curvature.
A reparametrisation of the ℝ-coordinate with |φ' t| = 1 leaves the cylinder metric
g + dt² unchanged at (x, t).
A reparametrisation of the ℝ-coordinate with |φ' t| = 1 of a metric which is the cylinder
metric g + dt² at (x, φ t) is the cylinder metric g + dt² at (x, t).
A concordance from g₀ to g₁ is a metric of positive scalar curvature on M × ℝ which
is the cylinder metric g₀ + dt² where t ≤ 0 and the cylinder metric g₁ + dt² where
t ≥ 1.
- hasPositiveScalarCurvature : G.HasPositiveScalarCurvature
A concordance has positive scalar curvature.
A concordance from
g₀isg₀ + dt²wheret ≤ 0.A concordance to
g₁isg₁ + dt²wheret ≥ 1.
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Two metrics on M are concordant if there is a concordance from one to the other.
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Two metrics are concordant exactly when there is a concordance from one to the other.
The ends of a concordance are concordant.
The metric at the start of a concordance has positive scalar curvature.
The metric at the end of a concordance has positive scalar curvature.
The cylinder metric g + dt² of a metric of positive scalar curvature is a concordance from
g to itself.
A metric is concordant to itself exactly when it has positive scalar curvature.
Reversing the ℝ-coordinate by t ↦ 1 - t turns a concordance from g₀ to g₁ into a
concordance from g₁ to g₀.
Concordance is symmetric.
Concordance is a symmetric relation.
If a metric of positive scalar curvature on M × ℝ is g₀ + dt² where t ≤ a and
g₁ + dt² where t ≥ b, then g₀ and g₁ are concordant, whatever the window [a, b].
Concatenation of concordances: concordance is transitive. Translate a concordance from
g₁ to g₂ to the window [2, 3], glue it to a concordance from g₀ to g₁ along 1 < t < 2,
where both are g₁ + dt², and compress the window [0, 3] into [0, 1].
Concordance is an equivalence relation on the metrics of positive scalar curvature on M.
Collared concordances on M × [0, 1] #
The time map used to extend a collared concordance by product ends.
A collared concordance from g₀ to g₁ is a metric of positive scalar curvature on the
manifold with boundary M × [0, 1] with product collars: for some ε > 0 it is the product metric
g₀ + dt² where t < ε and the product metric g₁ + dt² where t > 1 - ε. Here g + dt² on
M × [0, 1] is the restriction of the cylinder metric.
- hasPositiveScalarCurvature : Gc.HasPositiveScalarCurvature
A collared concordance has positive scalar curvature.
- exists_collar : ∃ (ε : ℝ), 0 < ε ∧ (∀ (p : M × ↑unitInterval), ↑p.2 < ε → Gc.inner p = (restrictIcc 0 1 g₀.cylinder).inner p) ∧ ∀ (p : M × ↑unitInterval), 1 - ε < ↑p.2 → Gc.inner p = (restrictIcc 0 1 g₁.cylinder).inner p
A collared concordance is
g₀ + dt²wheret < εandg₁ + dt²wheret > 1 - ε.
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The metric at the start of a collared concordance has positive scalar curvature.
The metric at the end of a collared concordance has positive scalar curvature.
The product metric g + dt² on M × [0, 1] of a metric of positive scalar curvature is a
collared concordance from g to itself.
Concordances give collared concordances. A concordance from g₀ to g₁ gives a collared
concordance from g₀ to g₁ on M × [0, 1].
Collared concordances give concordances. If there is a collared concordance from g₀ to
g₁, then g₀ and g₁ are concordant.
Two metrics are concordant exactly when there is a collared concordance from one to the other.
Pullback and rescaling of concordances #
The cylinder metric g + dt² pulled back along (x, t) ↦ (f x, t) is the cylinder metric
f^* g + dt² of the pullback of g.
Pulling a concordance from g₀ to g₁ back along (x, t) ↦ (f x, t), for a smooth map f
whose differential is invertible at every point, gives a concordance from f^* g₀ to f^* g₁.
Naturality of concordance. If g₀ and g₁ are concordant, then so are their pullbacks
along a smooth map whose differential is invertible at every point, such as a diffeomorphism or a
covering map.
Two metrics are concordant exactly when their pullbacks along a diffeomorphism are.
The cylinder metric c g + dt² of a rescaled metric is the rescaled cylinder metric
c (g + dt²) reparametrised by t ↦ t / √c.
If g₀ and g₁ are concordant, then so are c g₀ and c g₁ for every constant c > 0.
Rescaling by a positive constant preserves and reflects concordance.
Products of concordances. If g₀ and g₁ are concordant and g₂ has nonnegative scalar
curvature, then g₀ × g₂ and g₁ × g₂ are concordant.