On Novikov's conjecture for non-positively curved manifolds. I

DOI10.2307/1971138zbMath0461.57016OpenAlexW2322051091WikidataQ123200322 ScholiaQ123200322MaRDI QIDQ1152617

Wu-Chung Hsiang, Francis Thomas Farrell

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1971138

zbMATH Keywords

homotopy invarianthigher signaturesurgery mapclosed non- positively curved manifoldhomotopic to a homeomorphismNovikov's conjecture for fundamental groups of negatively curved manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy equivalences in algebraic topology (55P10) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Surgery obstructions, Wall groups (57R67) Smoothing in differential topology (57R10)

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