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Diffeomorphisms and positive curvature

Differential Geometry 2021-04-22 v1 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove the existence of elements of infinite order in the homotopy groups of the spaces RRic>0(M)\mathcal{R}_{Ric>0}(M) and Rsec>0(M)\mathcal{R}_{sec>0}(M) of positive Ricci and positive sectional curvature, provided that MM is high-dimensional and Spin, admits such a metric and has a non-vanishing rational Pontryagin class.

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@article{arxiv.2104.10595,
  title  = {Diffeomorphisms and positive curvature},
  author = {Georg Frenck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.10595},
  year   = {2021}
}

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11 pages. Video abstract available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuaBwTMsqsc

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