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Classification of compact manifolds with positive isotropic curvature

Authors :
Huang, Hong
Publication Year :
2023

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

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2305.18154
Document Type :
Working Paper