We give the first examples of collapsing Ricci limit spaces on which the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set exceeds that of the regular set; moreover, the Hausdorff dimension of these spaces can be non-integers. This answers a question of Cheeger-Colding about collapsing Ricci limit spaces.
We construct a global homeomorphism from any 3D Ricci limit space to a smooth manifold, that is locally bi-Holder. This extends the recent work of Miles Simon and the second author, and we build upon their techniques. A key step in our proof is the construction of local pyramid Ricci flows, existing on uniform regions of spacetime, that are inspired by Hochards partial Ricci flows.
A Riemannian n-manifold M has k-dimensional Uryson width bounded by a constant c >0 if there exists a continuous map f from M to an k-dimensional polyhedral space P, such that the pullbacks f^{-1}(p) of all points p in P have diameters bounded by c. We prove that an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold M with at least n-k eigenvalues of the Ricci curvature bounded below by a positive constant (n-1)b has k-dimensional Uryson width bounded by a constant c >0. The constant c depends only on b. In particular, it follows that a Riemannian n-manifold M with scalar curvature S bounded below by a positive constant n (n-1) s has (n-1)-dimensional Uryson width bounded by a constant c >0 depending only on s. This result confirms a conjecture of M. Gromov.
We show that the space of metrics of positive scalar curvature on any 3-manifold is either empty or contractible. Second, we show that the diffeomorphism group of every 3-dimensional spherical space form deformation retracts to its isometry group. This proves the Generalized Smale Conjecture. Our argument is independent of Hatchers theorem in the $S^3$ case and in particular it gives a new proof of the $S^3$ case.
We study closed three-dimensional Alexandrov spaces with a lower Ricci curvature bound in the $mathsf{CD}^*(K,N)$ sense, focusing our attention on those with positive or nonnegative Ricci curvature. First, we show that a closed three-dimensional $mathsf{CD}^*(2,3)$-Alexandrov space must be homeomorphic to a spherical space form or to the suspension of $mathbb{R}P^2$. We then classify closed three-dimensional $mathsf{CD}^*(0,3)$-Alexandrov spaces.