Topology of positively curved 8-dimensional manifolds with symmetry

Details Topology of positively curved 8-dimensional manifolds with symmetry Topology of positively curved 8-dimensional manifolds with symmetry

2008-11-06

arxiv.org/abs/0811.1034v3

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

24 pages, a gap in the proof of Theorem 1.1. filled following a suggestion by M. Masuda, some typos corrected, minor changes i

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In this paper we show that a simply connected 8-dimensional manifold M of positive sectional curvature and symmetry rank $\geq 2$ resembles a rank one symmetric space in several ways. For example, the Euler characteristic of M is equal to the Euler characteristic of S^8, H P^2 or C P^4. And if M is rationally elliptic then M is rationally isomorphic to a rank one symmetric space. For torsion-free manifolds we derive a much stronger classification. We also study the bordism type of 8-dimensional manifolds of positive sectional curvature and symmetry rank $\geq 2$. As an illustration we apply our results to various families of 8-manifolds.

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