Almost conformally Einstein manifolds and obstructions
Differential Geometry
2007-05-23 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
A Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian (or conformal) structure is conformally Einstein if and only if there is a suitably generic parallel section of a certain vector bundle -- the so-called standard conformal tractor bundle. We show that this characterisation leads to a systematic approach to constructing obstructions to conformally Einstein metrics. Relaxing the requirement that the parallel tractor field be generic gives a natural generalisation of the Einstein equations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0412393,
title = {Almost conformally Einstein manifolds and obstructions},
author = {A. R. Gover},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0412393},
year = {2007}
}
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proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Differential Geometry and its Applications