Manifolds with positive curvature operators are space forms

DOI10.4007/annals.2008.167.1079zbMath1185.53073arXivmath/0606187WikidataQ102218458 ScholiaQ102218458MaRDI QIDQ2389107

Burkhard Wilking, Christoph Böhm

Publication date: 14 July 2009

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0606187

zbMATH Keywords

constant sectional curvature; normalized Ricci flow; 2-positive curvature operator; Hamilton maximum principle

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