Concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture for positive scalar curvature metrics

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Let MM be a closed manifold, and let Riem+(M)\mathrm{Riem}^+(M) denote the space of positive scalar curvature metrics on MM. Two metrics in this space are concordant if there is a positive scalar curvature metric on M×[1,1]M\times[-1,1] restricting near the endpoints to their product metrics, and isotopic if they are joined by a smooth path. Concordance-implies-isotopy conjecture. If g0,g1Riem+(M)g_0,g_1\in\mathrm{Riem}^+(M) 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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Thorsten Hertl, “Concordances in Positive Scalar Curvature and Index Theory”, arXiv:2303.07844 (2023).

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