Positively curved homogeneous metrics on spheres
Differential Geometry
2009-09-29 v1
Abstract
We examine homogeneous metrics on spheres and determine which ones have positive sectional curvature. The answer is subtle and surprisingly difficult to prove. In some cases we also determine their pinching constants. This completes the classification of all homogeneous metrics with positive curvature (apart from one special Aloff Wallach space where the set of homogeneous metrics is too large).
Cite
@article{arxiv.0707.3056,
title = {Positively curved homogeneous metrics on spheres},
author = {Luigi Verdiani and Wolfgang Ziller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3056},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
17 pages, 10 figures