Topology of positively curved 8-dimensional manifolds with symmetry

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.249.23MaRDI QIDQ618684zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anand Dessai

Publication date 17 January 2011

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1034

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristicpositive curvaturetorus actionsclassification of 8-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19)

Abstract: In this paper we show that a simply connected 8-dimensional manifold M of positive sectional curvature and symmetry rank $geq2$ resembles a rank one symmetric space in several ways. For example, the Euler characteristic of M is equal to the Euler characteristic of S^8, H P^2 or C P^4. And if M is rationally elliptic then M is rationally isomorphic to a rank one symmetric space. For torsion-free manifolds we derive a much stronger classification. We also study the bordism type of 8-dimensional manifolds of positive sectional curvature and symmetry rank $geq2$. As an illustration we apply our results to various families of 8-manifolds.

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