Obstructions to positive curvature and symmetry

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2006.07.003zbMATH Open1111.53035arXivmath/0104256OpenAlexW2120568521MaRDI QIDQ875246FDOQ875246

Authors: Anand Dessai 

Publication date: 13 April 2007

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the indices of certain twisted Dirac operators vanish on a $Spin$-manifold $M$ of positive sectional curvature if the symmetry rank of $M$ is $geq2$ or if the symmetry rank is one and $M$ is two connected. We also give examples of simply connected manifolds of positive Ricci curvature which do not admit a metric of positive sectional curvature and positive symmetry rank.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0104256

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zbMATH Keywords

cyclic group actionsobstructionspositive curvatureelliptic genera

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20)

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