Gromov–Lück inequality for closed aspherical 4-manifolds

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Let XX be a closed, oriented, aspherical 44-manifold, and let τ(X)\tau(X) denote its signature. Gromov–Lück inequality. One has

χ(X)≥∣τ(X)∣.\chi(X)\geq |\tau(X)|.

This inequality is a refined form of the Hopf problem on the sign of the Euler characteristic of closed aspherical 44-manifolds, motivated by the Singer conjecture on the vanishing of L2L^2-Betti numbers. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source context.

References

Primary source

Luca F. Di Cerbo, “A rigidity theorem for Einstein 4-manifolds with sectional curvature of a fixed sign, and its consequences”, arXiv:2503.09570 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2023–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2311.10226.

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