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Invariant Metrics with Nonnegative Curvature on SO(4)

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We derive a curvature-variation formula for a path of left-invariant metrics on a compact Lie group, beginning at a bi-invariant metric. We prove rigidity theorems for paths which remain nonnegatively curved, and we make progress towards a classification of the left-invariant metrics with nonnegative curvature on SO(4).

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@article{arxiv.math/0608363,
  title  = {Invariant Metrics with Nonnegative Curvature on SO(4)},
  author = {Kristopher Tapp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608363},
  year   = {2007}
}