Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)

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The Hopf conjecture on Euler characteristic and curvature is an open problem in differential geometry proposing a deep link between the sign of a manifold’s Euler characteristic and the sign of its sectional curvature, especially for even-dimensional manifolds with positive or negative curvature.

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instanceOf mathematical conjecture
open problem in differential geometry
appliesTo compact Riemannian manifold
even-dimensional compact manifold
clarification distinct from Hopf fibration conjectures
distinct from Hopf invariant one problem
concerns sign of Euler characteristic
sign of sectional curvature
curvatureCondition everywhere negative sectional curvature
everywhere positive sectional curvature
dimensionCondition even dimension
field Riemannian geometry
differential geometry
global differential geometry
hasAbbreviation Hopf conjecture on Euler characteristic and curvature
hasVariant Hopf conjecture for manifolds with negative sectional curvature
Hopf conjecture for nonpositive curvature
implies topological restrictions from curvature sign
influenced research on manifolds of positive curvature
research on pinched curvature
study of topological obstructions to curvature conditions
motivation understanding how curvature controls topology
namedAfter Heinz Hopf
namedEntityType mathematical statement
predicts alternating sign of Euler characteristic for even-dimensional manifolds with negative sectional curvature
positive Euler characteristic for even-dimensional manifolds with positive sectional curvature
proposedBy Heinz Hopf
relatedConjecture Hopf conjecture on product of spheres
relatedTo Betti numbers
Chern–Gauss–Bonnet theorem
linked to: Chern–Weil theory

Euler characteristic
Gauss–Bonnet theorem
Hadamard–Cartan theorem
Poincaré duality
Riemannian manifold
even-dimensional manifold
homology sphere
negative sectional curvature
negatively curved manifold
positive curvature manifold
positive sectional curvature
sectional curvature
sphere theorem
specialCaseOf relationships between topology and curvature
status open
studiedIn global Riemannian geometry literature
timePeriod 20th century

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Heinz Hopf notableWork Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)
Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature) hasVariant Hopf conjecture for nonpositive curvature
linked to: Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)
Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature) hasVariant Hopf conjecture for manifolds with negative sectional curvature
linked to: Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)
Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature) relatedConjecture Hopf conjecture on product of spheres
linked to: Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)
Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature) hasAbbreviation Hopf conjecture on Euler characteristic and curvature
linked to: Hopf conjecture (on Euler characteristic and curvature)