Ricci curvature, minimal volumes, and Seiberg-Witten theory

DOI10.1007/s002220100148zbMath0999.53027arXivmath/0003068OpenAlexW3103402622MaRDI QIDQ5944959

Claude LeBrun

Publication date: 25 November 2002

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0003068

zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian metricEinstein metricsindex formulacurvature estimatesspin-\(c\) structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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