We give the first example of a simply connected compact 5-manifold (Smale-Barden manifold) which admits a K-contact structure but does not admit any Sasakian structure, settling a long standing question of Boyer and Galicki.Comment: 34 pages, 2 figure
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We construct the first example of a 5-dimensional simply connected compact manifold that admits a K-...
We construct a compact simply-connected 7-dimensional manifold admitting a K-contact structure but n...
In all odd dimensions $\geq 5$ we produce examples of manifolds admitting pairs of Sasaki structures...
Abstract: We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact man-ifolds that constitut...
We provide a new, self-contained and more conceptual proof of the result that an almost contact metr...
We provide a new, self-contained and more conceptual proof of the result that an almost contact metr...
This thesis is concerned with the topology and geometry of Sasakian manifolds. Sasaki structures con...
In all odd dimensions at least 5 we produce examples of manifolds admitting pairs of Sasaki structur...
We prove that a compact Sasakian manifolds whose first and second basic Chern classes vanish is loca...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We construct the first example of a 5-dimensional simply connected compact manifold that admits a K-...
We construct a compact simply-connected 7-dimensional manifold admitting a K-contact structure but n...
In all odd dimensions $\geq 5$ we produce examples of manifolds admitting pairs of Sasaki structures...
Abstract: We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact man-ifolds that constitut...
We provide a new, self-contained and more conceptual proof of the result that an almost contact metr...
We provide a new, self-contained and more conceptual proof of the result that an almost contact metr...
This thesis is concerned with the topology and geometry of Sasakian manifolds. Sasaki structures con...
In all odd dimensions at least 5 we produce examples of manifolds admitting pairs of Sasaki structur...
We prove that a compact Sasakian manifolds whose first and second basic Chern classes vanish is loca...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...
We find a family of five dimensional completely solvable compact manifolds that constitute the first...