Group-quotients with positive sectional curvatures
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Abstract:
Let H be a closed subgroup of compact Lie group G. A necessary and sufficient condition is obtained for the existence of a left-invariant Riemannian metric on G such that the subduced metric on the quotient H G has strictly positive sectional curvatures.References
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- © Copyright 1977 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 66 (1977), 321-326
- MSC: Primary 53C20; Secondary 53C30
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0464111-4
- MathSciNet review: 0464111