Normal holonomy conjecture for nonnegatively curved connection metrics

From papers

Let MnM^n be a manifold, and consider a connection metric of nonnegative curvature on an Rk\mathbb{R}^k-bundle over MnM^n. The normal holonomy group is the holonomy group of the normal connection of the soul.

Normal holonomy conjecture. The normal holonomy group is isomorphic to a subgroup of SO(n)\operatorname{SO}(n).

This would generalize the preceding result for nonnegatively curved connection metrics on R3\mathbb{R}^3-bundles over S2S^2, where the normal holonomy group is trivial or isomorphic to S1S^1. The statement is presented as a natural generalization; no resolution is given here.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Kristopher Tapp, “Rigidity for Nonnegatively Curved Metrics on S^2xR^3”, arXiv:math/0210157 (2002).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.