Non-negative curvature on certain product manifolds
Differential Geometry
2025-08-22 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
Let be a closed, simply connected homogeneous manifold. Suppose every stable class of real vector bundles over contains a homogeneous bundle. Then, for any closed, simply connected smooth manifold homotopy equivalent to , there exists such that the product manifold admits a metric with non-negative sectional curvature. Many homogeneous manifolds satisfy this assumption, including simply connected compact rank-one symmetric spaces, and among others.
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@article{arxiv.2508.15194,
title = {Non-negative curvature on certain product manifolds},
author = {Wen Shen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.15194},
year = {2025}
}