Topology of $3$-manifolds with uniformly positive scalar curvature

Abstract

In this article, we classify (non-compact) $3$-manifolds with uniformly positive scalar curvature. Precisely, we show that an oriented $3$-manifold has a complete metric with uniformly positive scalar curvature if and only if it is homeomorphic to an (possibly) infinite connected sum of spherical $3$-manifolds and some copies of ${\mathbb{S}}^1\times {\mathbb{S}}^2$. Further, we study an oriented $3$-manifold with mean convex boundary and with uniformly positive scalar curvature. If the boundary is a disjoint union of closed surfaces, then the manifold is an (possibly) infinite conned sum of spherical $3$-manifolds, some handlebodies and some copies of ${\mathbb{S}}^1\times {\mathbb{S}}^2$.

arXiv comment38 pages, 7 figures. Comments Welcome! To be appeared in Trans. AMS