Positive isotropic curvature and self-duality in dimension 4

Richard, Thomas and Seshadri, Harish (2015) Positive isotropic curvature and self-duality in dimension 4. In: MANUSCRIPTA MATHEMATICA, 149 (3-4). pp. 443-457.

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Abstract

We study a positivity condition for the curvature of oriented Riemannian 4-manifolds: the half-PIC condition. It is a slight weakening of the positive isotropic curvature (PIC) condition introduced by M. Micallef and J. Moore. We observe that the half-PIC condition is preserved by the Ricci flow and satisfies a maximality property among all Ricci flow invariant positivity conditions on the curvature of oriented 4-manifolds. We also study some geometric and topological aspects of half-PIC manifolds.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	MANUSCRIPTA MATHEMATICA
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	01 Apr 2016 05:17
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2016 05:17
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53453

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