%0 Journal Article %T Techniques for classifying nonnegatively curved left-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups %A Jack Huizenga %J Mathematics %D 2006 %I arXiv %X We provide techniques for studying the nonnegatively curved left-invariant metrics on a compact Lie group. For "straight" paths of left-invariant metrics starting at bi-invariant metrics and ending at nonnegatively curved metrics, we deduce a nonnegativity property of the initial derivative of curvature. We apply this result to obtain a partial classification of the nonnegatively curved left-invariant metrics on SO(4). %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0608362v1