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Riemannian submersions from compact four manifolds

Differential Geometry 2014-09-16 v1

Abstract

We show that under certain conditions, a nontrivial Riemannian submersion from positively curved four manifolds does not exist. This gives a partial answer to a conjecture due to Fred Wilhelm. We also prove a rigidity theorem for Riemannian submersions with totally geodesic fibers from compact four-dimensional Einstein manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1409.4027,
  title  = {Riemannian submersions from compact four manifolds},
  author = {Xiaoyang Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.4027},
  year   = {2014}
}

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17 pages