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Complete hyperkaehler 4n-manifolds with a local tri-Hamiltonian R^n-action

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We classify those manifolds mentioned in the title which have finite topological type. Namely we show any such connected M is isomorphic to a hyperkaehler quotient of a flat quaternionic vector space by an abelian group. We also show that a compact connected and simply connected 3-Sasakian manifold of dimension 4n-1 whose isometry group has rank n+1 is isometric to a 3-Sasakian quotient of a sphere by a torus. As a corollary, a compact connected quaternion-Kaehler 4n-manifold with positive scalar curvature and isometry group of rank n+1 is isometric to the quaternionic projective space or the complex grassmanian.

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@article{arxiv.math/9808134,
  title  = {Complete hyperkaehler 4n-manifolds with a local tri-Hamiltonian R^n-action},
  author = {Roger Bielawski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9808134},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

18 pages, AMS-Latex, replaced with a final version (minor corrections) on 14.01.1999; to appear in Math. Ann