Quasi-positive curvature on homogeneous bundles

DOI10.4310/JDG/1090511688MaRDI QIDQ1885377zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kristopher Tapp

Publication date 28 October 2004

Published in Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0304114, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1090511688

zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous vector bundlequasi-positive sectional curvaturesubmersion metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

Abstract: We provide new examples of manifolds which admit a Riemannian metric with sectional curvature nonnegative, and strictly positive at one point. Our examples include the unit tangent bundles of $C{P}^n$, $H{P}^n$ and $Ca{P}^2$, and a family of lens space bundles over $C{P}^n$. All new examples are consequences of a general sufficient condition for a homogeneous fiber bundle over a homogeneous space to admit such a metric.

Review text

Let \((M,g)\) be a Riemannian manifold. One says that \((M,g)\) has quasi-positive curvature if the sectional curvature of \((M,g)\) is non-negative and if the sectional curvature is positive at least one point. The author shows: Theorem: The following manifolds admit metrics with quasi-positive curvature: (1) The unit tangent bundles \(S(\mathbb{C} P^n)\), \(S(\mathbb{H} P^n)\), and \(S(\mathbb{O} P^2)\). (2) The homogeneous space \(M=U(n+1)/\{\text{diag}(z^k,z^l,A)\}\) where \(z\in U(1)\) and \(A\in U(n-1)\) and \(n\geq 2\). (3) The homogeneous space \(Sp(n+1)/\{\text{diag}(z,1,A)\}\) where \(z\in Sp(1)\), \(A\in Sp(n-1)\), and \(n\geq 2\). All the examples are homogeneous bundles over homogeneous spaces and Lie-theoretic methods play a crucial role in the construction.

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