The $\hat A$-genus of complex hypersurfaces and complete intersections
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Abstract:
In this note, we classify the even-dimensional complex hypersurfaces and complete intersections which carry a metric of positive scalar curvature. This is done by computing the $\hat A$-genus of these manifolds to eliminate all cases not known to carry such a metric.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1983 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 87 (1983), 528-532
- MSC: Primary 53C55; Secondary 14F25, 14M10, 53C40, 57R20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1983-0684651-5
- MathSciNet review: 684651