Two-forms on four-manifolds
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Abstract:
We study the eigenvalues of the Weitzenböck operator on a positively curved four-manifold, and give applications to its geometry and topology.References
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- © Copyright 1987 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 101 (1987), 353-357
- MSC: Primary 53C20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1987-0902555-0
- MathSciNet review: 902555