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Early results about the space of positive scalar curvature metrics

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Part of the book series: Oberwolfach Seminars ((OWS,volume 46))

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In this chapter we discuss classical results of Hitchin and Carr. The results of Hitchin were the first to show that the topology of the space of positive scalar curvature metrics could be non-trivial.

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Tuschmann, W., Wraith, D.J. (2015). Early results about the space of positive scalar curvature metrics. In: Moduli Spaces of Riemannian Metrics. Oberwolfach Seminars, vol 46. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0948-1_4

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