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On a generalized conjecture of Hopf with symmetry
A famous conjecture of Hopf is that the product of the two-dimensional sphere
with itself does not admit a Riemannian metric with positive sectional
curvature. More generally, one may conjecture that this holds for any
nontrivial product. We provide evidence for this generalized conjecture in the
presence of symmetry.Comment: 10 page
Positive curvature and rational ellipticity
Simply-connected manifolds of positive sectional curvature are speculated
to have a rigid topological structure. In particular, they are conjectured to
be rationally elliptic, i.e., all but finitely many homotopy groups are
conjectured to be finite. In this article we combine positive curvature with
rational ellipticity to obtain several topological properties of the underlying
manifold. These results include a small upper bound on the Euler characteristic
and confirmations of famous conjectures by Hopf and Halperin under additional
torus symmetry. We prove several cases (including all known even-dimensional
examples of positively curved manifolds) of a conjecture by Wilhelm
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Skill and Australia's productivity surge
Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in the skill of the workforce.skill - productivity - labour - MFP - employment
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