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On the holonomy groups of Weyl manifolds

Differential Geometry 2015-06-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We classify the possible local holonomy groups of Weyl connections. The Berger-Simons theorem and the Merkulov-Schwachh\"ofer classification of holonomy groups of irreducible torsion-free connections leaves us with the remaining case, where the Weyl connection DD is reducible and non-closed. In this case, it was shown by F. Belgun and A. Moroianu that the Weyl structure is an adapted Weyl structure of a non-closed conformal product. Furthermore we prove that non-closed Einstein-Weyl product structures only exist in dimension 44.

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@article{arxiv.1410.4253,
  title  = {On the holonomy groups of Weyl manifolds},
  author = {Jonas Grabbe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.4253},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages