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On the topology and the geometry of SO(3)-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2013-11-05 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Topology math.MP

Abstract

Consider the nonstandard embedding of SO(3) into SO(5) given by the 5-dimensional irreducible representation of SO(3), henceforth called SO(3)_\ir. In this note, we study the topology and the differential geometry of 5-dimensional Riemannian manifolds carrying such an SO(3)_\ir structure, i.\,e. with a reduction of the frame bundle to SO(3)_\ir.

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@article{arxiv.1010.0260,
  title  = {On the topology and the geometry of SO(3)-manifolds},
  author = {Ilka Agricola and Julia Becker-Bender and Thomas Friedrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.0260},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages