On the moduli space of positive Ricci curvature metrics on homotopy spheres

Wraith, David J¹

¹ Department of Mathematics and Statistics, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland

Geometry & topology, Tome 15 (2011) no. 4, pp. 1983-2015.

Résumé

We show that the moduli space of Ricci positive metrics on a certain family of homotopy spheres has infinitely many components.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2011.15.1983

Classification : 53C20
Keywords: positive Ricci curvature, moduli space, homotopy sphere

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