Positive Scalar Curvature on Pin±- and Spinc-Manifolds and Manifolds with Singularities

DOI10.1142/9789811273230_0002MaRDI QIDQ6178073zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors B. I. Botvinnik, Jonathan M. Rosenberg

Publication date 1 September 2023

Published in Perspectives in Scalar Curvature (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.00617

zbMATH Keywords

almost spin manifoldsDirac operatorspositive scalar curvature metricsThom-Mather stratified spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Geometric structures on manifolds of high or arbitrary dimension (57N16) Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.) (57R15)

Abstract: It is well-known that spin structures and Dirac operators play a crucial role in the study of positive scalar curvature metrics (psc-metrics) on compact manifolds. Here we consider a class of non-spin manifolds with "almost spin" structure, namely those with spin${}^c$ or pin${}^{p}m$-structures. It turns out that in those cases (under natural assumptions on such a manifold $M$), the index of a relevant Dirac operator completely controls existence of a psc-metric which is $S^1$- or $C_2$-invariant near a "special submanifold" $B$ of $M$. This submanifold $BsubsetM$ is dual to the complex (respectively, real) line bundle $L$ which determines the spin${}^c$ or pin${}^{p}m$ structure on $M$. We also show that these manifold pairs $(M,B)$ can be interpreted as "manifolds with fibered singularities" equipped with "well-adapted psc-metrics". This survey is based on our recent work as well as on our joint work with Paolo Piazza.

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