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arxiv: math/9801156 · v1 · pith:7Y2SFYN5new · submitted 1998-01-16 · 🧮 math.DG · math.GT

Einstein metrics and smooth structures

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We prove that there are infinitely many pairs of homeomorphic non-diffeomorphic smooth 4-manifolds, such that in each pair one manifold admits an Einstein metric and the other does not. We also show that there are closed 4-manifolds with two smooth structures which admit Einstein metrics with opposite signs of the scalar curvature.

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