The chapter discusses the filling radius and filling volume of Riemannian manifolds, focusing on the relationship between these concepts and their implications for geometric invariants. Key topics include:
1. **Conformal Isosystolic Inequalities**: These inequalities relate the systole (the length of the shortest noncontractible curve) to the volume of the manifold, providing bounds on the systole in terms of the volume.
2. **Minimal Geometric Cycles**: The chapter explores the properties of minimal geometric cycles, including their regulation and systems of short curves and loops in aspherical manifolds.
3. **Besikovič's Lemma**: This lemma provides a lower bound for the volume of a cube in terms of the distances between opposite faces, which is extended to simplices and closed manifolds.
4. **Visual Hulls and Minimal Subvarieties**: The visual volume of a manifold is defined, and the behavior of minimal varieties in hyperbolic spaces is discussed.
5. **Distortion of Maps and Submanifolds**: The distortion of maps and submanifolds is analyzed, including the Ramsey-Dvoretzky-Milman phenomenon.
6. **Filling Radius**: The concept of the filling radius is introduced, which measures the smallest radius required to bound a manifold in a metric space. The filling radius is related to the isoperimetric inequality and is shown to satisfy a universal inequality.
7. **Isoperimetric Inequality**: The Federer-Fleming isoperimetric inequality is discussed, providing bounds on the filling volume of cycles in Euclidean space.
8. **Proof of Inequalities**: The chapter includes proofs of various inequalities, such as the inequality relating the filling radius to the volume, and the Federer-Fleming inequality for submanifolds in Euclidean space.
9. **Examples and Counterexamples**: Several examples and counterexamples are provided to illustrate the concepts and their limitations.
10. **Historical Context**: The chapter also provides historical context, referencing classical results and their extensions by various mathematicians.
Overall, the chapter delves into the intricate relationships between geometric invariants, filling radii, and isoperimetric inequalities in Riemannian geometry, offering both theoretical insights and practical applications.The chapter discusses the filling radius and filling volume of Riemannian manifolds, focusing on the relationship between these concepts and their implications for geometric invariants. Key topics include:
1. **Conformal Isosystolic Inequalities**: These inequalities relate the systole (the length of the shortest noncontractible curve) to the volume of the manifold, providing bounds on the systole in terms of the volume.
2. **Minimal Geometric Cycles**: The chapter explores the properties of minimal geometric cycles, including their regulation and systems of short curves and loops in aspherical manifolds.
3. **Besikovič's Lemma**: This lemma provides a lower bound for the volume of a cube in terms of the distances between opposite faces, which is extended to simplices and closed manifolds.
4. **Visual Hulls and Minimal Subvarieties**: The visual volume of a manifold is defined, and the behavior of minimal varieties in hyperbolic spaces is discussed.
5. **Distortion of Maps and Submanifolds**: The distortion of maps and submanifolds is analyzed, including the Ramsey-Dvoretzky-Milman phenomenon.
6. **Filling Radius**: The concept of the filling radius is introduced, which measures the smallest radius required to bound a manifold in a metric space. The filling radius is related to the isoperimetric inequality and is shown to satisfy a universal inequality.
7. **Isoperimetric Inequality**: The Federer-Fleming isoperimetric inequality is discussed, providing bounds on the filling volume of cycles in Euclidean space.
8. **Proof of Inequalities**: The chapter includes proofs of various inequalities, such as the inequality relating the filling radius to the volume, and the Federer-Fleming inequality for submanifolds in Euclidean space.
9. **Examples and Counterexamples**: Several examples and counterexamples are provided to illustrate the concepts and their limitations.
10. **Historical Context**: The chapter also provides historical context, referencing classical results and their extensions by various mathematicians.
Overall, the chapter delves into the intricate relationships between geometric invariants, filling radii, and isoperimetric inequalities in Riemannian geometry, offering both theoretical insights and practical applications.