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A formally Kahler structure on a knot space of a G2-manifold

Differential Geometry 2012-10-15 v3 Complex Variables

Abstract

A knot space in a manifold M is a space of oriented immersions from a circle S^1 to M up to Diff(S^1). Brylinski has shown that a knot space of a Riemannian threefold is formally Kahler. We prove that a space of knots in a holonomy G2 manifold is formally Kahler.

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@article{arxiv.1003.3174,
  title  = {A formally Kahler structure on a knot space of a G2-manifold},
  author = {Misha Verbitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3174},
  year   = {2012}
}

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v. 3.0, 24 pages, general clean-up (many typos fixed), final version