Sectional curvature and Weitzenb\"ock formulae

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2022.71.8927MaRDI QIDQ6290656arXivFDO

Authors Renato G. Bettiol, Ricardo A. E. Mendes

Publication date 29 August 2017

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) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05) Hodge theory in global analysis (58A14)

Abstract: We establish a new algebraic characterization of sectional curvature bounds $secgeqk$ and $secleqk$ using only curvature terms in the Weitzenb"ock formulae for symmetric $p$-tensors. By introducing a symmetric analogue of the Kulkarni-Nomizu product, we provide a simple formula for such curvature terms. We also give an application of the Bochner technique to closed $4$-manifolds with indefinite intersection form and $sec>0$ or $secgeq0$, obtaining new insights into the Hopf Conjecture, without any symmetry assumptions.

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