Positively curved manifolds with large spherical rank

DOI10.4171/CMH/384MaRDI QIDQ290752zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Benjamin Schmidt, Krishnan Shankar, Ralf Spatzier

Publication date 3 June 2016

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.7606

zbMATH Keywords

comparison theoryhigher rankpositive curvaturerigidityspherical rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local Riemannian geometry (53B20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Rigidity results (53C24) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

Abstract: Rigidity results are obtained for Riemannian $d$-manifolds with $secgeqslant1$ and spherical rank at least $d-2>0$. Conjecturally, all such manifolds are locally isometric to a round sphere or complex projective space with the (symmetric) Fubini--Study metric. This conjecture is verified in all odd dimensions, for metrics on $d$-spheres when $deq6$, for Riemannian manifolds satisfying the Raki'c duality principle, and for K"ahlerian manifolds.

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Summary: Rigidity results are obtained for Riemannian \(d\)-manifolds with \(\sec\geqslant1\) and spherical rank at least \(d-2>0\). Conjecturally, all such manifolds are locally isometric to a round sphere or complex projective space with the (symmetric) Fubini-Study metric. This conjecture is verified in all odd dimensions, for metrics on \(d\)-spheres when \(d\neq6\), for Riemannian manifolds satisfying the Rakić duality principle, and for Kählerian manifolds.

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