Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

Rigidity of critical metrics for quadratic curvature functionals

Giovanni Catino (Dip. Mat. Pol. Milano)

created by malchiodi on 16 Jul 2015

22 jul 2015 -- 14:00   [open in google calendar]

Scuola Normale Superiore, Aula Bianchi Scienze

Abstract.

In this talk I will discuss some recent rigidity results concerning critical metrics for quadratic curvature functionals, involving the Ricci and the scalar curvature, on the space of Riemannian metrics, both in the compact and in the non compact case.