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

Let MM be a simply connected Einstein four-manifold with positive scalar curvature and non-negative sectional curvature. Folklore conjecture. The manifold must be one of the following, with the indicated metric: S4\mathbb{S}^4 with its round metric, CP2\mathbb{CP}^2 with its Fubini–Study metric, or S2×S2\mathbb{S}^2\times\mathbb{S}^2 with its product metric. This conjecture concerns the classification of positively curved Einstein four-manifolds and is presented in the source as a famous folklore conjecture. The supplied text gives no resolution, so its status remains open.

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Xiaodong Cao and Hung Tran, “Four-manifolds of Pinched Sectional Curvature”, arXiv:1809.05158 (2019).

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