On the Positive Mass, Penrose, and ZAS Inequalities in General Dimension
HUbert L. Bray
1 Dedication
2 Introduction
3 A Trio of Inequalities
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Recent Progress on the Yamabe Problem
Simon Brendle, Fernando C. Marques
1 The Yamabe Problem
2 The Compactness Conjecture
3 Non-compactness Results in Dimension n > 25
4 A Compactness Result in Dimension n ≤ 24
5 The Parabolic Yamabe Flow
References
Some Recent Progress on Mean Curvature Flow for Entire
Lagrangian Graphs
Jingyi Chen
1 Introduction
2 Longtime Existence With Lipschitz Continuous Initial Data
3 Uniqueness and Viscosity Solutions
4 Self-similar Solutions
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Radial Viewpoint on Minimal Surfaces
Jaigyoung Choe
1 Introduction
2 Cone
3 Horizon
4 Non-Euclidean Space
5 Ray preserving Metric
6 Varying Curvature
7 Embeddedness
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Minimal Surfaces and Mean Curvature Flow
Tobias H. Colding, William P. Minicozzi II
1 Introduction
2 Harmonic Functions and the Heat Equation
3 Energy of a Curve
4 Birkhoff: A Closed Geodesic on a Two Sphere
5 Curve Shortening Flow
6 Minimal Surfaces
7 Classification of Embedded Minimal Surfaces
8 Mean Curvature Flow
9 Width and mean curvature flow
10 Singularities for MCF
11 Smooth Compactness Theorem for Self-shrinkers
12 The Entropy
13 An Application
14 Non-compact self-shrinkers
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Scalar Curvature and the Einstein Constraint Equations
Justin Corvino, Daniel Pollack
1 Introduction
2 The Constraint Equations
3 A Tour of Asymptotically Flat Solutions
4 The Conformal Method
5 Gluing Constructions
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On the Intrinsic Differentiability Theorem of Gromov-Schoen
Georgios Daskalopoulos, Chikako Mese
1 Introduction
2 Definitions
3 Main Theorem
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Minimal Surface Techniques in Riemannian Geometry
Ailana Fraser
1 Introduction
2 Brief Overview of Some Geodesic Methods
3 Existence of Minimal Surfaces
4 Second Variation Theory for Minimal Surfaces and Applications.
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Stability and Rigidity of Extremal Surfaces in Riemannian
Geometry and General Relativity
Gregory J. Galloway
1 Minimal Hypersurfaces in Manifolds of Nonnegative Scalar Curvature
2 Marginally Outer Trapped Surfaces
3 Positivity of Mass for Asymptotically Hyperbolic Manifolds
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Convex Hypersurfaces of Constant Curvature in Hyperbolic Space
Bo Guan, Joel Spruck
1 Introduction
2 Formulas on Hypersurfaces
3 The Asymptotic Angle Maximum Principle and Gradient Estimates
4 Curvature Estimates
5 Uniqueness and Foliations
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Ricci Flow in Two Dimensions
James Isenberg, Rare Mazzeo, Natasa Sesum
1 Introduction
2 General Considerations
3 Compact Surfaces
4 Open Surfaces
5 Flows on Incomplete Surfaces
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Doubling and Desingularization Constructions for Minimal Surfaces
Nikolaos Kapouleas
1 Introduction
2 Doubling Constructions
3 Desingularization Constructions
4 Minimal Surfaces in the Round Three-Sphere
5 The Building Blocks for the Desingularization Construction
6 An Initial Surface for the Desingularization Construction...
7 The Family of Initial Surfaces for the Desingularization Construction
8 Main Estimates and Outline of the Proof
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The Metric Properties of Lagrangians
Yng-Ing Lee
1 Introduction
2 A Short Survey
3 Definitions and Properties
4 Singularities and Geometric Measure Theory
5 Gluing and Singular Perturbation
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Structure of Complete Manifolds with Positive Spectrum
Peter Li
1 Introduction
2 Riemannian Case
3 Kaihler Case
4 Quaternionic Kahler Manifolds, Cayley Manifolds, and Locally Symmetric Spaces
5 Manifolds of Finite Volume
6 Further Generalizations
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Topology of Sobolev Mappings and Associated Variational Problems
Fang Hun Lin
Introduction
1 Analytical and Topological Properties of Sobolev Maps
2 Singularity of Energy Minimizing Maps
3 Limits of Singular Sets of p-Energy Minimizing Maps
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A Survey of Research on Boundary Behavior of Compact
Manifolds via the Positive Mass Theorem
Pengzi Miao
1 Introduction
2 Statement of the Positive Mass Theorem
3 On compact Manifolds with Nonnegative Scalar Curvature
4 On Compact Manifolds with Negative Scalar Curvature
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Recent Progress on Singularities of Lagrangian Mean Curvature Flow
Andre Neves
1 Introduction
2 Preliminaries
3 Basic Techniques
4 Applications I: Blow-ups
5 Applications II: Self-Expanders
6 Application III: Stability of Singularities
7 Open Questions
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Geometric Structures of Collapsing Riemannian Manifolds I
Aaron Naber, Gang Tian
1 Introduction
2 Structure of Collapsed Spaces
3 Geometry of Toric Quotients
4 Geometry of Toric Quotients II
5 Proof of Theorems 1.1 and 1.2
6 Proof of Theorem 1.3
A Geometry of Quotients
B Orbifolds
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Deformation of Kaihler-Einstein Metrics
Xiaofeng Sun, Shing-Tung Yau
1 Introduction
2 Complex Structures of Kahler-Einstein Manifolds
3 Deformation of Kahler-Einstein Metrics
4 Local Trivialization of Polarization Bundles and Deformation of Sections
5 Curvature of L2 Metrics on Direct Image Sheaves
6 Appendix
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Reverse Bubbling in Geometric Flows
Peter M. Topping
1 Introduction
2 The Harmonic map Flow
3 Ricci Flow
4 Addendum -- Mean Curvature Flow
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Review on Harmonic Diffeomorphisms Between Complete Noncompact Surfaces
Tom Y. H. Wan
1 Introduction
2 Harmonic Map Theory of Universal Teichmiiller Space
3 Asymptotic Behavior of Open Harmonic Embedding From the Complex Plane Into Hyperbolic Plane
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Compactifications of Complete Riemannian Manifolds and Their Applications
Xiaodong Wang
1 Introduction
2 The Geometric Compactification
3 The Martin Compactification
4 The Busemann Boundary
5 A Comparison Theorem
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Some Aspects of Weil-Petersson Geometry of Teichmuller Spaces
Sumio Yamada
1 Introduction
2 Harmonic Maps into T and an Application
3 Finite Rank Properties of T
4 Coxeter-Tits Construction
5 Weil-Petersson Geodesic Completeness
6 Weil-Petersson Geometry of the Universal Teichmuller Space
7 Embeddings of the Coxeter Complex into UT
8 Summary and Open Problems
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