Connected sums with HP^n or CaP^2 and the Yamabe invariant
Chanyoung Sung
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Chanyoung Sung
文献摘要
Let M be a smooth closed 4k-manifold whose Yamabe invariant Y(M) is
nonpositive. We show that Y(M♯lHPk♯mHPkˉ)=Y(M), where l,m are nonnegative integers, and HPk is the
quaternionic projective space. When k=4, we also have Y(M♯lCaP2♯mCaP2ˉ)=Y(M), where CaP2 is the Cayley plane.