Conditions for nonnegative curvature on vector bundles and sphere bundles.

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-03-11613-0zbMath1044.53026arXivmath/0210160MaRDI QIDQ1872787

Kristopher Tapp

Publication date: 2003

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0210160

zbMATH Keywords

vector bundlesnonnegative curvatureCheeger-Gromoll soul theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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