Geography of pinched four-manifolds

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Abstract

We prove several new restrictions on the Euler characteristic and signature of oriented 4-manifolds with (positively or negatively) pinched sectional curvature. In particular, we show that simply connected 4-manifolds with √ ≤ sec ≤ 1, where √ = 1 1+3√3 ∼= 0.161, are homeomorphic to S4 or CP2.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1255-1310
Number of pages56
JournalCommunications in Analysis and Geometry
Volume32
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

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