An obstruction to the existence of Einstein metrics on 4-manifolds
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Publication:1264325
DOI10.1007/s002080050199zbMath0920.53026WikidataQ126076712 ScholiaQ126076712MaRDI QIDQ1264325
Publication date: 12 September 1999
Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002080050199
Euler characteristic; Einstein metric; locally symmetric manifold; compact 4-manifold; topological obstruction to the existence of Einstein metrics
53C25: Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)
53C35: Differential geometry of symmetric spaces
57R15: Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.)
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