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Smooth structures and Einstein metrics on

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

RAREŞ RǍSDEACONU  and
IOANA ŞUVAINA
RAREŞ RǍSDEACONU
Affiliation:
Einstein Institute of Mathematics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel. e-mail: rares@math.huji.ac.il
IOANA ŞUVAINA
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, 251 Mercer St., New York, NY 10012, U.S.A. e-mail: ioana@cims.nyu.edu
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Abstract

We show that each of the topological 4-manifolds , for k = 5, 6, 7, 8 admits a smooth structure which has an Einstein metric of scalar curvature s > 0, a smooth structure which carries an Einstein metric with s < 0 and infinitely many non-diffeomorphic smooth structures which do not admit Einstein metrics. We also exhibit new examples of higher dimensional manifolds carrying Einstein metrics of both positive and negative scalar curvature.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 409 - 417
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2009

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