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 and of positive Ricci and positive sectional curvature, provided that 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