A PL-manifold of nonnegative curvature homeomorphic to S^2 S^2 is a direct metric product

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-2011-10861-XzbMATH Open1247.53047arXiv0807.1922MaRDI QIDQ3104469FDOQ3104469

Authors: Sergey Orshanskiy 

Publication date: 13 December 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $M^4$ be a PL-manifold of nonnegative curvature that is homeomorphic to a product of two spheres, $S^{2}imes{S}^2$. We prove that $M$ is a direct metric product of two spheres endowed with some polyhedral metrics. In other words, $M$ is a direct metric product of the surfaces of two convex polyhedra in $mathbb{R}^3$. The background for the question is the following. The classical H.Hopf's hypothesis states: for any Riemannian metric on $S^{2}imes{S}^2$ of nonnegative sectional curvature the curvature cannot be strictly positive at all points. There is no quick answer to this question: it is known that a Riemannian metric on $S^{2}imes{S}^2$ of nonnegative sectional curvature need not be a product metric. However, M.Gromov has pointed out that the condition of nonnegative curvature in the PL-case appears to be stronger than nonnegative sectional curvature of Riemannian manifolds and analogous to some condition on the curvature operator. So the motivation for the question addressed in this text is to settle the PL-version of the Hopf's hypothesis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1922

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces (53C23) Comparison of PL-structures: classification, Hauptvermutung (57Q25)

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