Osserman manifolds of dimension 8
Differential Geometry
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
For a Riemannian manifold with the curvature tensor , the Jacobi operator is defined by . The manifold is called {\it pointwise Osserman} if, for every , the eigenvalues of the Jacobi operator do not depend of a unit vector , and is called {\it globally Osserman} if they do not depend of the point either. R. Osserman conjectured that globally Osserman manifolds are flat or rank-one symmetric. This Conjecture is true for manifolds of dimension . Here we prove the Osserman Conjecture and its pointwise version for 8-dimensional manifolds.
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@article{arxiv.math/0310387,
title = {Osserman manifolds of dimension 8},
author = {Y. Nikolayevsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0310387},
year = {2007}
}
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18 pages, LaTEX