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arxiv: 1405.7453 · v2 · pith:VMDNNMVUnew · submitted 2014-05-29 · 🧮 math.DG

Isometry types of frame bundles

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We consider the orthonormal frame bundle F(M) of a Riemannian manifold M. A construction of Sasaki defines a canonical Riemannian metric on F(M). We prove that for two closed Riemannian n-manifolds M and N, the frame bundles F(M) and F(N) are isometric if and only if M and N are isometric, except possibly in dimensions 3, 4, and 8. This answers a question of Benson Farb except in dimensions 3, 4, and 8.

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