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Harmonic functions, central quadrics, and twistor theory

Differential Geometry 2009-11-10 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

Solutions to the nn-dimensional Laplace equation which are constant on a central quadric are found. The associated twistor description of the case n=3n=3 is used to characterise Gibbons-Hawking metrics with tri-holomorphic SL(2,\C)SL(2, \C) symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.math/0303181,
  title  = {Harmonic functions, central quadrics, and twistor theory},
  author = {Maciej Dunajski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0303181},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Final version. To appear in CQG