A conjecture concerning positive Ricci curvature and the Witten genus

DOI10.1007/BF01446319zbMATH Open0856.53033WikidataQ57382519 ScholiaQ57382519MaRDI QIDQ1914729FDOQ1914729

Authors: Stephan Stolz 

Publication date: 9 July 1996

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/165429

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zbMATH Keywords

positive Ricci curvatureWitten genusspin-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Differentiable structures in differential topology (57R55)

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