preprint
Inserted: 20 jan 2022
Last Updated: 20 jan 2022
Year: 2020
Abstract:
Let $E$ be a smooth bundle with fiber an $n$-dimensional real projective space $\mathbb{R}P^n$. We show that, if every fiber carries a positively curved pointwise strongly $1/4$-pinched Riemannian metric that varies continuously with respect to its base point, then the structure group of the bundle reduces to the isometry group of the standard round metric on $\mathbb{R}P^n$.