Singer's unobstructedness conjecture for anti-self-dual four-manifolds

Let (M4,g)(M^4,g) be an anti-self-dual conformal four-manifold. Its Yamabe invariant is the conformal invariant obtained by taking the supremum, over metrics in the conformal class, of the normalized total scalar curvature. The metric is unobstructed when HASD2(M4,g)={0}H^2_{ASD}(M^4,g)=\{0\}, where HASD2(M4,g)H^2_{ASD}(M^4,g) is the cokernel of the anti-self-dual deformation complex.

Singer's conjecture. If the Yamabe invariant of (M4,g)(M^4,g) is positive, then (M4,g)(M^4,g) is unobstructed; equivalently,

HASD2(M4,g)={0}.H^2_{ASD}(M^4,g)=\{0\}.

This conjecture concerns the obstruction space for deformations of anti-self-dual conformal structures. Its validity would give a criterion ensuring that the moduli space is locally smooth, and it is attributed to Singer; the supplied source does not state a resolution.

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Primary source

A. Rod Gover and Matthew J. Gursky, “The Anti-Self-Dual Deformation Complex and a conjecture of Singer”, arXiv:2307.12432 (2023).

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