Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 ; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
Abstract:
We prove the Gromov-Lawson-Rosenberg conjecture for cocompact Fuchsian groups, thereby giving necessary and sufficient conditions for a closed spin manifold of dimension greater than four with fundamental group cocompact Fuchsian to admit a metric of positive scalar curvature.