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Linear perturbations of metrics with holonomy Spin(7)

Differential Geometry 2021-07-09 v1

Abstract

We apply the method of linear perturbations to the case of Spin(7)-structures, showing that the only nontrivial perturbations are those determined by a rank one nilpotent matrix. We consider linear perturbations of the Bryant-Salamon metric on the spin bundle over S4S^4 that retain invariance under the action of Sp(2), showing that the metrics obtained in this way are isometric.

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@article{arxiv.2105.00787,
  title  = {Linear perturbations of metrics with holonomy Spin(7)},
  author = {Diego Conti and Daniel Perolini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.00787},
  year   = {2021}
}

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13 pages