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A remark on calibrations and Lie groups

Differential Geometry 2022-01-19 v1

Abstract

We use the notion of the principal three-dimensional subgroup of a simple Lie group to identify certain special subspaces of the Lie algebra and address the question of whether these are calibrated for invariant forms on the group.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06331,
  title  = {A remark on calibrations and Lie groups},
  author = {Nigel Hitchin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06331},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Dedicated to Blaine Lawson on the occasion of his 80th birthday. To appear in Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly

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