Cohomology rings of certain seven dimensional manifolds
Abstract
We calculate the cohomology rings of a collection of seven dimensional manifolds supporting an S3 x S3-action with one dimensional orbit space. These manifolds are of interest to differential geometers studying non-negative and positive sectional curvature. From this collection, we identify several families of manifolds for which there exist well-known topological invariants distinguishing homeomorphism and diffeomorphism types.
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