Curvature, macroscopic dimensions, and symmetric products of surfaces

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Auteurs principaux: Di Cerbo, Luca F., Dranishnikov, Alexander, Jauhari, Ekansh
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Publié: 2025
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author Di Cerbo, Luca F.
Dranishnikov, Alexander
Jauhari, Ekansh
author_facet Di Cerbo, Luca F.
Dranishnikov, Alexander
Jauhari, Ekansh
contents We present a detailed study of the curvature and symplectic asphericity properties of symmetric products of surfaces. We show that these spaces can be used to answer nuanced questions arising in the study of closed Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature. For example, we prove that symmetric products of surfaces sharply distinguish between two distinct notions of macroscopic dimension introduced by Gromov and the second-named author. As a natural generalization of this circle of ideas, we address the Gromov--Lawson and Gromov conjectures in the Kaehler projective setting and draw new connections between the theories of the minimal model, positivity in algebraic geometry, and macroscopic dimensions.
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spellingShingle Curvature, macroscopic dimensions, and symmetric products of surfaces
Di Cerbo, Luca F.
Dranishnikov, Alexander
Jauhari, Ekansh
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Differential Geometry
We present a detailed study of the curvature and symplectic asphericity properties of symmetric products of surfaces. We show that these spaces can be used to answer nuanced questions arising in the study of closed Riemannian manifolds with positive scalar curvature. For example, we prove that symmetric products of surfaces sharply distinguish between two distinct notions of macroscopic dimension introduced by Gromov and the second-named author. As a natural generalization of this circle of ideas, we address the Gromov--Lawson and Gromov conjectures in the Kaehler projective setting and draw new connections between the theories of the minimal model, positivity in algebraic geometry, and macroscopic dimensions.
title Curvature, macroscopic dimensions, and symmetric products of surfaces
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01779