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Infinite loop spaces and positive scalar curvature in the presence of a fundamental group

cam.issuedOnline2019-05-28
dc.contributor.authorEbert, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorRandal-Williams, Oscar
dc.contributor.orcidRandal-Williams, Oscar [0000-0002-7479-2878]
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-25T15:52:24Z
dc.date.available2019-01-25T15:52:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis is a continuation of our previous work with Botvinnik on the nontriviality of the secondary index invariant on spaces of metrics of positive scalar curvature, in which we take the fundamental group of the manifolds into account. We show that the secondary index invariant associated to the vanishing of the Rosenberg index can be highly nontrivial, for positive scalar curvature Spin manifolds with torsionfree fundamental groups which satisfy the Baum--Connes conjecture. For example, we produce a compact Spin 6-manifold such that its space of positive scalar curvature metrics has each rational homotopy group infinite dimensional. At a more technical level, we introduce the notion of "stable metrics" and prove a basic existence theorem for them, which generalises the Gromov--Lawson surgery technique, and we also give a method for rounding corners of manifold with positive scalar curvature metrics.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.35712
dc.identifier.eissn1364-0380
dc.identifier.issn1465-3060
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288421
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMathematical Sciences Publishers
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2140/gt.2019.23.1549
dc.subjectmath.AT
dc.subjectmath.AT
dc.subjectmath.DG
dc.subject19K35, 19K56, 53C27, 55R35, 57R22, 57R65, 58D17, 58J22
dc.titleInfinite loop spaces and positive scalar curvature in the presence of a fundamental group
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-10-08
prism.publicationNameGeometry and Topology
pubs.funder-project-idEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M027783/1)
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-10-08
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.2140/gt.2019.23.1549

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