A CR invariant sphere theorem
We prove that every closed, universally embeddable CR three-manifold with nonnegative Yamabe constant and positive total <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper Q prime"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mi class="MJX-variant" mathvariant="normal"> ′ </mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Q^\prime</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -curvature is contact diffeomorphic to a quotient of the standard contact three-sphere. We also prove that every closed, embeddable CR three-manifold with zero Yamabe constant and nonnegative total <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper Q prime"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>Q</mml:mi> <mml:mi class="MJX-variant" mathvariant="normal"> ′ </mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Q^\prime</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -curvature is CR equivalent to a compact quotient of the Heisenberg group with its flat CR structure.
Authors
- Paul Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5600-0526)
- Jeffrey S. Case (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4972-263X)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Princeton University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/17419
- Primary Topic
- Holomorphic and Operator Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00