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arxiv: 1702.04951 · v1 · pith:VD6OBNCHnew · submitted 2017-02-16 · 🧮 math.DG

Positive scalar curvature and the Euler class

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keywords classcurvatureeulerpositivescalarbundlecarriesclassical
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We prove the following generalization of the classical Lichnerowicz vanishing theorem: if $F$ is an oriented flat vector bundle over a closed spin manifold $M$ such that $TM$ carries a metric of positive scalar curvature, then $<\widehat A(TM)e(F),[M]>=0$, where $e(F)$ is the Euler class of $F$.

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