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On Rigidity of ALE vector bundles

Differential Geometry 2023-05-09 v1 Algebraic Topology General Topology

Abstract

We discuss topological rigidity of vector bundles with asymptotically conical (AC) total spaces of rank greater than 1 with a sufficiently connected link; our focus will mainly be on ALE (asymptotically locally Euclidean) bundles. Within the smooth category, we topologically classify all ALE tangent bundles by showing only 2-sphere, projective plane and open contractible manifolds admit ALE tangent bundles. We also discuss other interesting topological and geometric rigidities of ALE vector bundles.

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@article{arxiv.2305.04283,
  title  = {On Rigidity of ALE vector bundles},
  author = {Fatemeh Asadi and Zohreh Fathi and Sajjad Lakzian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.04283},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages, no figures

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