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Spinors, Twistors and Classical Geometry

Algebraic Geometry 2021-10-12 v3

Abstract

The paper studies explicitly the Hitchin system restricted to the Higgs fields on a fixed very stable rank 2 bundle in genus 2 and 3. The associated families of quadrics relate to both the geometry of Penrose's twistor spaces and several classical results.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.02603,
  title  = {Spinors, Twistors and Classical Geometry},
  author = {Nigel J. Hitchin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.02603},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Based on a talk given on July 22nd 2021 for Roger Penrose's 90th birthday

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