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Nonembedding and nonextension results in special holonomy

Differential Geometry 2012-06-01 v1

Abstract

Constructions of metrics with special holonomy by methods of exterior differential systems are reviewed and the interpretations of these construction as `flows' on hypersurface geometries are considered. It is shown that these hypersurface 'flows' are not generally well-posed for smooth initial data and counterexamples to existence are constructed.

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@article{arxiv.1205.7023,
  title  = {Nonembedding and nonextension results in special holonomy},
  author = {Robert L. Bryant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.7023},
  year   = {2012}
}

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17 pages

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