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Self-Dual Manifolds with Positive Ricci Curvature

dg-ga 2008-02-03 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We prove that the connected sums CP_2 # CP_2 and CP_2 # CP_2 # CP_2 admit self-dual metrics with positive Ricci curvature. Moreover, every self-dual metric of positive scalar curvature on CP_2 # CP_2 is conformal to a metric with positive Ricci curvature.

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@article{arxiv.dg-ga/9411001,
  title  = {Self-Dual Manifolds with Positive Ricci Curvature},
  author = {Claude LeBrun and Shin Nayatani and Takashi Nitta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:dg-ga/9411001},
  year   = {2008}
}

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17 pages, LaTeX