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Classification of compact manifolds with positive isotropic curvature
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We show the following result: Let $(M,g_0)$ be a compact manifold of dimension $n\geq 12$ with positive isotropic curvature. Then $M$ is diffeomorphic to a spherical space form, or a quotient manifold of $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\times \mathbb{R}$ by a cocompact discrete subgroup of the isometry group of the round cylinder $\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\times \mathbb{R}$, or a connected sum of a finite number of such manifolds. This extends previous works of Brendle and Chen-Tang-Zhu, and improves a work of Huang. The proof uses Ricci flow with surgery on compact orbifolds, with the help of the ambient isotopy uniqueness of closed tubular neighborhoods of compact suborbifolds.<br />Comment: 17 pages, added two corollaries
- Subjects :
- Mathematics - Differential Geometry
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2305.18154
- Document Type :
- Working Paper