Scalar curvature, non-abelian group actions, and the degree of symmetry of exotic spheres

DOI10.1007/BF02566731zbMath0297.57016MaRDI QIDQ1214197

H. Blaine jun. Lawson, Shing Tung Yau

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/139582

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact Lie groups of differentiable transformations (57S15) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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