Geometrically formal homogeneous metrics of positive curvature

DOI10.1007/S12220-015-9581-YzbMATH Open1338.53058arXiv1407.6201OpenAlexW2049188150MaRDI QIDQ282803FDOQ282803

Authors: Manuel Amann, Wolfgang Ziller 

Publication date: 12 May 2016

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Riemannian manifold is called geometrically formal if the wedge product of harmonic forms is again harmonic, which implies in the compact case that the manifold is topologically formal in the sense of rational homotopy theory. A manifold admitting a Riemannian metric of positive sectional curvature is conjectured to be topologically formal. Nonetheless, we show that among the homogeneous Riemannian metrics of positive sectional curvature a geometrically formal metric is either symmetric, or a metric on a rational homology sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.6201

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous spacesgeometric formalitypositive curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Homology and cohomology of homogeneous spaces of Lie groups (57T15) Homogeneous spaces (22F30)

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