Bott conjecture on non-negatively curved manifolds

Let MM be a compact simply connected Riemannian manifold with non-negative sectional curvature. A topological space is rationally elliptic when its total rational homotopy and homology dimensions are finite.

Bott conjecture. The manifold MM is rationally elliptic.

The conjecture is a central question in Riemannian geometry and is sometimes called the Bott–Grove–Halperin conjecture. The source notes partial results under stronger assumptions, but does not state a general resolution.

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Primary source

Shoji Yokura, “Hilali conjecture and complex algebraic varieties”, arXiv:2407.06548 (2024).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1511.08383, arXiv:1506.08685, arXiv:0707.3091.

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