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Positively curved manifolds with maximal symmetry rank

Differential Geometry 2012-08-07 v1

Abstract

The symmetry-rank of a riemannian manifold is by definition the rank of its isometry group. We determine precisely which smooth closed manifolds admit a positively curved metric with maximal symmetry-rank.

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@article{arxiv.1208.1206,
  title  = {Positively curved manifolds with maximal symmetry rank},
  author = {Karsten Grove and Catherine Searle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.1206},
  year   = {2012}
}