Positive curvature and rational ellipticity

DOI10.2140/AGT.2015.15.2269zbMATH Open1325.53044arXiv1403.1440OpenAlexW1907960887MaRDI QIDQ498738FDOQ498738

Authors: Manuel Amann, Lee Kennard 

Publication date: 29 September 2015

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Simply-connected manifolds of positive sectional curvature $M$ are speculated to have a rigid topological structure. In particular, they are conjectured to be rationally elliptic, i.e., all but finitely many homotopy groups are conjectured to be finite. In this article we combine positive curvature with rational ellipticity to obtain several topological properties of the underlying manifold. These results include a small upper bound on the Euler characteristic and confirmations of famous conjectures by Hopf and Halperin under additional torus symmetry. We prove several cases (including all known even-dimensional examples of positively curved manifolds) of a conjecture by Wilhelm.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1440

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristicpositive curvatureHopf conjectureWilhelm conjectureHalperin conjecturerational ellipticitytorus symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Rational homotopy theory (55P62) Algebraic topology of manifolds (57N65)

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