The classification of simply connected biquotients of dimension at most 7 and 3 new examples of almost positively curved manifolds
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Mathematics
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Geometry and Topology
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We classify all compact 1-connected manifolds $M^n$ for $2 \leq n leq 7$ which are diffeomorphic to biquotients. Further, given that $M$ is diffeomorphic to a biquotient, we classify the biquotients it is diffeomorphic to. Finally, we show the homogeneous space $Sp(3)\Sp(1) \tines Sp(1)$ and two of its quotients $Sp(3)\Sp(1) \times Sp(1) \times S^1$ and $\delta S^1 \backslash Sp(3)/Sp(1)\times Sp(1)$ admit metrics of almost positive curvature. iv
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Wolfgang Ziller
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2011-05-16