Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We show that purely topological torus symmetries impose strong restrictions on the fundamental groups of almost non-negatively curved closed manifolds and on their actions on higher homotopy groups, even when the torus action is unrelated to the metric.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Wiemeler, Michael
Institution: University of Münster
Language: English
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204569391