Folk conjecture on Einstein four-manifolds with non-negative sectional curvature

Let (M,g)(M,g) be a smooth four-dimensional Einstein manifold satisfying

Rc=λg\operatorname{Rc}=\lambda g

for a constant λ>0\lambda>0, and suppose that its sectional curvature is non-negative. The metrics g0g_0, gFSg_{FS}, and the product metric are respectively the round metric on S4\mathbb{S}^4, the Fubini–Study metric on CP2\mathbb{CP}_2, and the product of equal-curvature round metrics on S2×S2\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2. Folk conjecture. The manifold must be either S4\mathbb{S}^4, CP2\mathbb{CP}_2, S2×S2\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2, or a quotient of one of these spaces. This is a classification conjecture motivated by the known irreducible and reducible symmetric examples; its resolution is not specified in the supplied source context.

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Xiaodong Cao and Hung Tran, “Einstein four-manifolds of pinched sectional curvature”, arXiv:1612.06023 (2019).

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