Moduli spaces of Ricci positive metrics in dimension five
Differential Geometry
2024-05-22 v2
Abstract
We use the invariants of spin 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 bundles over and the metrics are lifted from Ricci positive metrics on the bases. Along the way we classify 5-manifolds with fundamental group admitting free actions with simply connected quotients.
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Cite
@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