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Moduli spaces of Ricci positive metrics in dimension five

Differential Geometry 2024-05-22 v2

Abstract

We use the η\eta invariants of spinc^c Dirac operators to distinguish connected components of moduli spaces of Riemannian metrics with positive Ricci curvature. We then find infinitely many non-diffeomorphic five dimensional manifolds for which these moduli spaces each have infinitely many components. The manifolds are total spaces of principal S1S^1 bundles over #aCP2#bCP2\#^a\mathbb{C}P^2\#^b\overline{\mathbb{C}P^2} and the metrics are lifted from Ricci positive metrics on the bases. Along the way we classify 5-manifolds with fundamental group Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 admitting free S1S^1 actions with simply connected quotients.

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@article{arxiv.2002.00333,
  title  = {Moduli spaces of Ricci positive metrics in dimension five},
  author = {McFeely Jackson Goodman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.00333},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages; v2: main theorem expanded, theorem added on the classification of 5-manifolds with fundamental group $\mathbb{Z}_2$ admitting free $S^1$ actions