Concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture for positive scalar curvature metrics
Let be a closed manifold, and let denote the space of positive scalar curvature metrics on . Two metrics in this space are concordant if there is a positive scalar curvature metric on restricting near the endpoints to their product metrics, and isotopic if they are joined by a smooth path. Concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture. If are concordant, then they are also isotopic. Concordance always implies isotopy only in the conjectural converse direction; whether every concordance can be replaced by an isotopy remains open.
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Primary source
Thorsten Hertl, “Concordances in Positive Scalar Curvature and Index Theory”, arXiv:2303.07844 (2023).
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