The standard-manifold classification conjecture for nonnegatively curved simply connected 4-manifolds

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Let NN be a closed simply connected non-negatively curved 44-manifold. The standard manifolds in the claim are S4\mathbb{S}^4, CP2\mathbb{CP}^2, S2×S2\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2, and CP2#±CP2\mathbb{CP}^2\#\pm\mathbb{CP}^2.

Standard-manifold classification conjecture. The manifold NN is diffeomorphic to one of the 55 standard manifolds

S4,CP2,S2×S2,CP2#CP2,orCP2#CP2.\mathbb{S}^4,\quad \mathbb{CP}^2,\quad \mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2,\quad \mathbb{CP}^2\#\mathbb{CP}^2,\quad \text{or}\quad \mathbb{CP}^2\#-\mathbb{CP}^2.

This is presented as a consequence of an affirmative answer to Grove's conjecture and is stated as open in the source. It concerns the classification of closed simply connected non-negatively curved 44-manifolds up to diffeomorphism.

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Primary source

Jianquan Ge and Chao Qian, “Differential topology interacts with isoparametric foliations”, arXiv:1501.07802 (2015).

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