Homotopy Groups of the Moduli Space of Metrics of Positive Scalar Curvature
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We prove that for many degrees in a stable range the homotopy groups of the moduli space of metrics of positive scalar curvature on S and on other manifolds are non-trivial. This is achieved by further developing and then applying a family version of the surgery construction of Gromov-Lawson to an exotic smooth families of spheres due to Hatcher.
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On the Moduli Space of Positive Ricci Curvature Metrics on Homotopy Spheres
We show that the moduli space of Ricci positive metrics on a certain family of homotopy spheres has infinitely many components.
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