Positive Scalar Curvature due to the Cokernel of the Classifying Map

Abstract

This paper contributes to the classification of positive scalar curvature metrics up to bordism and up to concordance. Let $M$ be a closed spin manifold of dimension $\ge 5$ which admits a metric with positive scalar curvature. We give lower bounds on the rank of the group of psc metrics over $M$ up to bordism in terms of the corank of the canonical map $K{O}_{\ast }(M)\to K{O}_{\ast }(B{\pi }_1(M))$, provided the rational analytic Novikov conjecture is true for ${\pi }_1(M)$.

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