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Sadeeb Ottenburger

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arXiv2011

A classification of 5-dimensional manifolds, souls of codimension two and non-diffeomorphic pairs

Let T(γ) be the total space of the canonical line bundle γover CP^1 and r an integer which is greater than one and coprime to six. We prove that L_r^3\times T(γ) admits an infinite sequence of metrics of nonnegative sectional curvature with pairwise non-homeomorphic souls, where L_r^3 is the standard 3-dimensional lens space with fundamental group isomorphic to Z/r. We classify the total spaces of S^1-fibre bundles over S^2\times S^2 with fundamental group isomorphic to Z/r up to diffeomorphism and use these results to give examples of manifolds N which admit two complete metrics of nonnegative sectional curvature with souls S and S' of codimension two such that S and S' are diffeomorphic whereas the pairs (N,S) and (N,S') are not diffeomorphic. This solves a problem posed by I. Belegradek, S. Kwasik and R. Schultz.

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arXiv2011

Simply and tangentially homotopy equivalent but non-homeomorphic homogeneous manifolds

For each odd integer r greater than one and not divisible by three we give explicit examples of infinite families of simply and tangentially homotopy equivalent but pairwise non-homeomorphic closed homogeneous spaces with fundamental group isomorphic to Z/r. As an application we construct the first examples of manifolds which possess infinitely many metrics of nonnegative sectional curvature with pairwise non-homeomorphic homogeneous souls of codimension three with trivial normal bundle, such that their curvatures and the diameters of the souls are uniformly bounded. These manifolds are the first examples of manifolds fulfilling such geometric conditions and they serve as solutions to a problem posed by I. Belegradek, S. Kwasik and R. Schultz.

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