On compact manifolds with positive isotropic curvature

Labbi, M.-L.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05153-9

On compact manifolds with positive isotropic curvature
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Abstract:

In this paper we construct new Riemannian metrics with positive isotropic curvature on compact manifolds which fiber over the circle. We also study the relationship between the positivity of the isotropic curvature and the positivity of the $p$-curvature.

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