Covariant vs contravariant methods in differential geometry

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2020.095zbMATH Open1456.53004arXiv2007.04460MaRDI QIDQ2220003FDOQ2220003

Authors: Maung Min-Oo 

Publication date: 21 January 2021

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This is a short essay about some fundamental results on scalar curvature and the two key methods that are used to establish them.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.04460

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zbMATH Keywords

scalar curvatureDirac operatorspinors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Rigidity results (53C24) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) History of mathematics in the 21st century (01A61)

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