Non-negative scalar curvature |
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Authors: | Varghese Mathai |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pure Mathematics, The University of Adelaide, South Australia |
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Abstract: | We study topological obstructions to the existence of Riemannian metrics of non-negative scalar curvature on almost spin manifolds using the Dirac operator, the Bochner technique, C
* algebras and von Neumann algebras. We also derive some obstructions in terms of the eta invariants of Atiyah, Patodi and Singer. Next, we prove vanishing theorems for the Atiyah-Milnor genus. Finally, we derive obstructions to the existence of metrics of non-negative scalar curvature along the leaves of a leafwise non-amenable foliation on a spin manifold. |
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Keywords: | Scalar curvature eta invariants Novikov conjecture foliations |
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