Compact harmonic-spinor rigidity under nonnegative scalar curvature

ID: compact-harmonic-spinor-rigidity-under-nonnegative-scalar-curvature

On a compact boundaryless Riemannian spin manifold with , integrating the Lichnerowicz spinor-square formula against a harmonic spinor gives . Positivity forces the spinor to be parallel. Its norm is constant on each connected component, so a nontrivial solution is nowhere zero there. Strictly positive scalar curvature at any point on such a component excludes nonzero harmonic spinors.

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