The Gromov–Lawson–Rosenberg conjecture for totally non-spin spin^c manifolds

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Let (M,σ)(M,\sigma) be a closed connected totally non-spin spinc^c manifold with dimM=n\dim M=n, fundamental group π\pi, and classifying map

c ⁣:MBπ.c\colon M\to B\pi.

Let LL be the associated spinc^c line bundle, let A ⁣:K(Bπ)K(Cr(π))A\colon K_*(B\pi)\to K_*(C^*_r(\pi)) be the complex assembly map, and let per ⁣:ku(Bπ)K(Bπ)\operatorname{per}\colon ku_*(B\pi)\to K_*(B\pi) be the periodization map. Gromov–Lawson–Rosenberg conjecture, spinc^c version. For n5n\geq 5, (M,σ,L)(M,\sigma,L) admits positive generalized scalar curvature if and only if

Aperc([M,σ])=0A\circ\operatorname{per}\circ c_*([M,\sigma])=0

in K(Cr(π))K_*(C^*_r(\pi)). This is the spinc^c analogue of the Gromov–Lawson–Rosenberg conjecture, with the higher index class of the Mishchenko–Fomenko spinc^c Dirac operator providing the obstruction. The supplied source does not state whether the conjecture is open or resolved.

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Primary source

Boris Botvinnik, Paolo Piazza and Jonathan Rosenberg, “Classification of spin^c manifolds with generalized positive scalar curvature”, arXiv:2507.02090 (2025).

Additional references

10 papers in this index state this conjecture (1999–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2408.07895, arXiv:1908.00944, arXiv:1611.01800, arXiv:1506.05408, arXiv:1311.3164, arXiv:1011.3987, arXiv:math/0511305, arXiv:math/0201091, arXiv:math/9911023.

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