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Complex IP curvature tensors

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let M be a pseudo-Riemannian manifold with a pseudo-Hermitian complex structure JJ. We give necessary and sufficient conditions that the curvature operator R(π)R(\pi) is complex linear when π\pi is a JJ invariant real 2 plane. Under this assumption, we study when M is complex IP - i.e. the spectrum, or more generally the Jordan normal form, of R(π)R(\pi) is constant on the Grassmannian of complex spacelike or timelike lines. Methods from algebraic topology are used to obtain restrictions on the spectrum of a complex IP algebraic curvature tensor.

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@article{arxiv.math/0205078,
  title  = {Complex IP curvature tensors},
  author = {Peter Gilkey and Raina Ivanova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0205078},
  year   = {2007}
}