<p>In any dimension <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(n+1\ge 4\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi>n</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>≥</mo> <mn>4</mn> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> we construct a sequence of closed <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\((n+1)\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>n</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with positive Ricci curvature admitting embedded two-sided minimal hypersurfaces such that the following hold: (i) any such hypersurface has Morse index one; (ii) the first Betti numbers of the hypsersurfaces are not uniformly bounded along the sequence.</p>
Ricci curvature and minimal hypersurfaces with large Betti numbers
In any dimension \(n+1\ge 4\) we construct a sequence of closed \((n+1)\)-dimensional Riemannian manifolds with positive Ricci curvature admitting embedded two-sided minimal hypersurfaces such that the following hold: (i) any such hypersurface has Morse index one; (ii) the first Betti numbers of the hypsersurfaces are not uniformly bounded along the sequence.