Vector bundles of non-negative curvature over cohomogeneity one manifolds

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Abstract: We provide several results on the existence of metrics of non-negative sectional curvature on vector bundles over certain cohomogeneity one manifolds and homogeneous spaces up to suitable stabilization. Beside explicit constructions of the metrics, this is achieved by identifying equivariant structures upon these vector bundles via a comparison of their equivariant and non-equivariant K-theory. For this, in particular, we transcribe equivariant K-theory to equivariant rational cohomology and investigate surjectivity properties of induced maps in the Borel fibration via rational homotopy theory.


First, the authors review the basic theory of cohomogeneity-one manifolds and highlight several results on the existence of metrics of non-negative sectional curvature on vector bundles over certain cohomogeneity-one manifolds and homogenous spaces up to suitable stabilisation. In the second section, K-theoretic background and results are presented (equivariant and non-equivariant K-theory). While transcribing equivariant K-theory to equivariant rational cohomology, the authors investigate surjectivity properties of induced maps in the Borel fibration via rational homotopy theory. In addition, they also discuss rational cohomology of homogenous spaces, biquotients and cohomogeneity-one manifolds.



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