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Geometric formality and non-negative scalar curvature

Differential Geometry 2019-10-09 v4 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We classify manifolds of small dimension that admit both, a Riemannian metric of non-negative scalar curvature, and a -- a priori different -- metric for which all wedge products of harmonic forms are harmonic. For manifolds whose first Betti numbers are sufficiently large, this classification extends to higher dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3317,
  title  = {Geometric formality and non-negative scalar curvature},
  author = {D. Kotschick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3317},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

11 pages; improved results in v2; cosmetic changes in v3, v4