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An Almost Flat Spin$^c$ Manifold Bounds

Algebraic Topology 2025-12-23 v1 Differential Geometry Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove that every almost flat spin^cc manifold bounds a compact orientable manifold, thereby settling, in the spin^cc case, a long-standing conjecture of Farrell--Zdravkovska and S. T. Yau.

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@article{arxiv.2512.19335,
  title  = {An Almost Flat Spin$^c$ Manifold Bounds},
  author = {Fei Han and Ruizhi Huang and Weiping Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.19335},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages; comments are very welcome!

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