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

2009/05/15 by David J. Wraith, Wraith, David J.
Mathematics · #53C20 #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #math.DG #msc:53C20

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0905.2533

28 pages, 11 figures. The text has been substantially re-written to improve the exposition

arxiv created 2011/02/04 · arxiv updated 2011/02/07

Abstract

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

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