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Rigidity for Nonnegatively Curved Metrics on S^2xR^3

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We address the question: how large is the family of complete metrics with nonnegative sectional curvature on S^2xR^3? We classify the connection metrics, and give several examples of non-connection metrics. We provide evidence that the family is small by proving some rigidity results for metrics more general than connection metrics.

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@article{arxiv.math/0210157,
  title  = {Rigidity for Nonnegatively Curved Metrics on S^2xR^3},
  author = {Kristopher Tapp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0210157},
  year   = {2007}
}
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