Workshop

Moduli spaces of metrics with nonnegative sectional or Ricci curvature

  • Anand Dessai
G3 10 (Lecture hall)

Abstract

I will present results obtained within the project about the topology of the moduli space of metrics satisfying a lower curvature bound. The focus will be on manifolds that are known to admit metrics of nonnegative/positive sectional or Ricci curvature. I will describe different classes of manifolds where the respective moduli space has non-trivial topology, e.g., has infinitely many connected components or non-trivial higher invariants. I will also try to explain some of the key ideas used in the proofs, as well as the limitations one faces when working with these curvature bounds.

Antje Vandenberg

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Contact via Mail

Alexandra Linde

Augsburg University Contact via Mail

Christian Bär

Potsdam University

Bernhard Hanke

Augsburg University

Anna Wienhard

Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Burkhard Wilking

University of Münster