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most citedBetti numbers and the curvature operator of the second kind

15 citations · 29 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

math.DG2026

The Hopf conjecture with -symmetry

Jan Nienhaus, Dennis Wulle

We prove that any closed even-dimensional manifold with positive sectional curvature admitting an isometric action by a 3-torus has positive Euler characteristic. We also prove the…

math.DG2026

A characterization of complex projective space via the Calabi curvature operator

Hasan M. El-Hasan, Xiaolong Li, Jan Nienhaus +3

We prove a Tachibana-type result for Kähler-Einstein manifolds isolating complex projective space based on its Calabi curvature operator. The proof uses a new Bochner formula expre…

math.DG2026

Fixed Point Homogeneous Orbifolds with Positive Sectional Curvature

Jan Nienhaus, Dennis Wulle

We classify fixed point homogeneous Riemannian orbifolds with positive sectional curvature up to equivariant diffeomorphism. As a corollary we obtain a classification of positively…

math.DG2025

On Hopf's conjecture and positive second intermediate Ricci curvature

Lee Kennard, Lawrence Mouillé, Jan Nienhaus

Hopf conjectured that even-dimensional closed Riemannian manifolds with positive sectional curvature have positive Euler characteristic. The conclusion of the conjecture is known t…

math.DG2025

Vanishing theorems for Hodge numbers and the Calabi curvature operator

Kyle Broder, Jan Nienhaus, Peter Petersen +2

It is shown that a compact -dimensional Kähler manifold with -positive Calabi curvature operator has the rational cohomology of complex projective space. For even $…

math.DG2023★ 3 cited

New expanding Ricci solitons starting in dimension four

Jan Nienhaus, Matthias Wink

We prove that there exists a gradient expanding Ricci soliton asymptotic to any given cone over the product of a round sphere and a Ricci flat manifold. In particular we obtain asy…

math.DG2023★ 1 cited

Einstein metrics on the Ten-Sphere

Jan Nienhaus, Matthias Wink

We prove the existence of three non-round, non-isometric Einstein metrics with positive scalar curvature on the sphere Previously, the only even-dimensional spheres known…

math.DG2022

An improved four-periodicity theorem and a conjecture of Hopf with symmetry

Jan Nienhaus

In the 1930s, H. Hopf conjectured that a closed, even-dimensional manifold of positive sectional curvature has positive Euler characteristic. We show this under the additional assu…

math.DG2022★ 10 cited

Holonomy restrictions from the curvature operator of the second kind

Jan Nienhaus, Peter Petersen, Matthias Wink +1

We show that an -dimensional Riemannian manifold with -nonnegative or -nonpositive curvature operator of the second kind has restricted holonomy or is flat. The re…

math.DG2022★ 15 cited

Betti numbers and the curvature operator of the second kind

Jan Nienhaus, Peter Petersen, Matthias Wink

We show that compact, -dimensional Riemannian manifolds with -nonnegative curvature operators of the second kind are either rational homology spheres or flat. Mor…