Bochner technique in Riemannian geometry

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The Bochner technique in Riemannian geometry is a method that uses Bochner-type identities and curvature conditions to derive vanishing theorems and rigidity results for differential forms and harmonic maps on manifolds.

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instanceOf mathematical technique ⓘ
appliesTo Riemannian manifolds ⓘ
differential forms ⓘ
harmonic forms ⓘ
harmonic maps ⓘ
vector bundle-valued forms ⓘ
basedOn integration by parts ⓘ
maximum principle ⓘ
field Riemannian geometry ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
goal derive topological restrictions from curvature ⓘ
obtain eigenvalue estimates ⓘ
prove rigidity results ⓘ
prove vanishing theorems ⓘ
historicalOrigin work of Salomon Bochner in the 1940s ⓘ
implies finiteness of fundamental group under positive Ricci curvature ⓘ
rigidity of harmonic maps under curvature pinching ⓘ
vanishing of harmonic 1-forms under positive Ricci curvature ⓘ
vanishing of higher-degree harmonic forms under suitable curvature conditions ⓘ
involves Hodge Laplacian ⓘ
elliptic differential operators ⓘ
energy estimates ⓘ
integration of Bochner-type identities over the manifold ⓘ
rough Laplacian ⓘ
namedAfter Salomon Bochner ⓘ
relatedConcept Bochner formula for differential forms ⓘ
Bochner formula for functions ⓘ
Weitzenböck decomposition ⓘ
relates Laplacian of the norm of a tensor ⓘ
curvature terms ⓘ
norm of the covariant derivative ⓘ
typicalAssumption lower bounds on Ricci curvature ⓘ
nonnegative Ricci curvature ⓘ
nonnegative sectional curvature ⓘ
positive Ricci curvature ⓘ
usedIn Hodge theory ⓘ
comparison geometry ⓘ
global Riemannian geometry ⓘ
study of Einstein manifolds ⓘ
study of Kähler manifolds ⓘ
uses Bochner identity ⓘ
Laplacian on differential forms ⓘ
Weitzenböck formula ⓘ
covariant derivative ⓘ
curvature conditions ⓘ

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