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I asked this question some time ago in MSE, but obtained no answer. Maybe this is the right place to post it. Let $f : M^n \to \overline{M}^{n+k}$ be an immersion between smooth manifolds. Is it true …

Recently, A. Carlotto and C. Li proved a complete topological classification of those compact, connected and orientable $3$-manifolds with boundary which support Riemannian metrics of positive scalar …

I asked this question on MSE, but obtained no answer. Maybe this is the right place to post it. Let $D$ be a properly embedded free boundary disk in the closed unit ball $\mathbb{B}^3$ of $\mathbb{R}^ …

This question has also been posted on MSE, but maybe here is the right place to obtain an answer. Let $(M^3,g)$ be a compact connected oriented Riemannian $3$-manifold with nonempty boundary. The Hodg …

Let $(\mathbb{S}^2,g)$ be a Besse sphere, that is, a Riemannian sphere all of whose geodesics are closed. By a result of Gromoll and Grove, all the geodesics are simple (no self-intersections) and hav …

A well known result in geometric measure theory asserts that if $(M^{n+1}, g)$ is a closed Riemannian manifold and $\alpha \in H_n(M)$ is a nonzero homology class, then there exists a closed embedded …

Let $(M^3,g)$ be a closed, connected and oriented Riemannian $3$-manifold. A circle-valued map $v : M \to S^1$ is harmonic iff the gradient $1$-form $\omega_v = v^* d\theta \in \Omega_1(M)$ is harmoni …

Let $(S^2, g)$ be a Riemannian sphere and let $L := \Delta_{S^2} + q$ be a Schrödinger operator on $S^2$. Suppose that $L$ has index equal to one and that $u \in C^{\infty}(S^2)$ ($u \neq 0$) lies in …

I am reading the paper “ The first eigenvalue of a small geodesic ball in a riemannian manifold”, by Karp and Pinsky, from where I took the following: Here, $\Delta_{-2}$ denotes the usual Laplacian …

Let $(M^{n+1},g)$ be an analytic Riemannian manifold and let $\Sigma^n$ be a closed analytic manifold. Denote by $\operatorname{Emb}(\Sigma, M)$ the space of all smooth (or maybe analytic) two-sided e …

Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary and assume it has positive scalar curvature. Question. Is it true that $DM$, the double of $M$, admits a metric of positive scalar curvature …

Let $M^3$ be a closed orientable smooth manifold, let $g_n$ be a sequence of Riemannian metrics on $M$ converging to $g$ and let $\Sigma_n$ be a sequence of closed orientable $g_n$-minimal surfaces em …

Let $M^3$ be a closed orientable smooth manifold and let $g_t$ be a (smooth) $1$-parameter family of Riemannian metrics on $M$, $t \in \mathbb{R}$. Let $P \subset M$ a fixed closed orientable embedded …

My question is the following: if $(\Sigma, g)$ is any compact orientable Riemannian surface of genus $g \geq 1$, is it true that there are infinitely many closed, simple and geometrically distinct geo …

I am trying to read the paper "Simple closed geodesics on convex surfaces" by E.Calabi and J. Cao and a certain passage is unclear for me. Before, let me contextualize and set up some notation. Let $\ …