Classification and Characterization of rationally elliptic manifolds in low dimensions

Abstract

We give a characterization of closed, simply connected, rationally elliptic 6-manifolds in terms of their rational cohomology rings and a partial classification of their real cohomology rings. We classify rational, real and complex homotopy types of closed, simply connected, rationally elliptic 7-manifolds. We give partial results in dimensions 8 and 9.

23 pages; extended Section 2, revised Section 5 and several minor revisions