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Hitchin-Thorpe Inequality for Noncompact Einstein 4-Manifolds

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove a Hitchin-Thorpe inequality for noncompact Einstein 4-manifolds with asymptotic geometry at infinity. The asymptotic geometry at infinity is either a cusp bundle over a compact space (the fibered cusps) or a fiber bundle over a cone with a compact fiber (the fibered boundary). Many noncompact Einstein manifolds come with such a geometry at infinity.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612105,
  title  = {Hitchin-Thorpe Inequality for Noncompact Einstein 4-Manifolds},
  author = {Xianzhe Dai and Guofang Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612105},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages

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