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Title: Nonexistence of isoperimetric sets in spaces of positive curvature
Abstract For every d 3 d\geq 3, we construct a noncompact smooth 𝑑-dimensional Riemannian manifold with strictly positive sectional curvature without isoperimetric sets for any volume below 1.We construct a similar example also for the relative isoperimetric problem in (unbounded) convex sets in R d \mathbb{R}^{d}.The examples we construct have nondegenerate asymptotic cone.The dimensional constraint d 3 d\geq 3is sharp.Our examples exhibit nonexistence of isoperimetric sets only for small volumes; indeed, in nonnegatively curved spaces with nondegenerate asymptotic cones, isoperimetric sets with large volumes always exist.This is the first instance of noncollapsed nonnegatively curved space without isoperimetric sets.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1926686
PAR ID:
10535251
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Walter de Gruyter
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)
Volume:
0
Issue:
0
ISSN:
0075-4102
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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