A Criterion of Nonparabolicity by the Ricci Curvature

Abstract

A complete manifold is said to be nonparabolic if it does admit a positive Green’s function. To find a sharp geometric criterion for the parabolicity/nonparbolicity is an attractive question inside the function theory on Riemannian manifolds. This paper devotes to proving a criterion for nonparabolicity of a complete manifold weakened by the Ricci curvature. For this purpose, we shall apply the new Laplacian comparison theorem established by the first author to show the existence of a non-constant bounded subharmonic function.

Keywords

Nonparabolicity / Subharmonic function / Ricci curvature

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