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An index theorem on anti-self-dual orbifolds

Differential Geometry 2013-04-22 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

An index theorem for the anti-self-dual deformation complex on anti-self-dual orbifolds with singularities conjugate to ADE-type is proved. In 1988, Claude Lebrun gave examples of scalar-flat K\"ahler ALE metrics with negative mass, on the total space of the bundle O(n)\mathcal{O}(-n) over S2S^2. A corollary of this index theorem is that the moduli space of anti-self-dual ALE metrics near each of these metrics has dimension at least 4n124n-12, and thus for n4n \geq 4 the LeBrun metrics admit a plethora of non-trivial anti-self-dual deformations.

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@article{arxiv.1202.0578,
  title  = {An index theorem on anti-self-dual orbifolds},
  author = {Jeff A. Viaclovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.0578},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

16 pages; revised version to appear in Int Math Res Notices