The canonical generalised Levi-Civita connection and its curvature
Abstract
Given a (semi-Riemannian) generalised metric and a divergence operator on an exact Courant algebroid , we geometrically construct a canonical generalised Levi-Civita connection for these data. In this way we provide a resolution of the problem of non-uniqueness of generalised Levi-Civita connections. Since the generalised Riemann tensor of is an invariant of the pair , we no longer need to discard curvature components which depend on the choice of the generalised connection. As a main result we decompose the generalised Riemann curvature tensor of in terms of classical (non-generalised) geometric data. Based on this set of master formulas we derive a comprehensive curvature tool-kit for applications in generalised geometry. This includes decompositions for the full generalised Ricci tensor, the generalised Ricci tensor, and three generalised scalar-valued curvature invariants, two of which are new.
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@article{arxiv.2507.17604,
title = {The canonical generalised Levi-Civita connection and its curvature},
author = {Vicente Cortés and Matas Mackevicius and Thomas Mohaupt and Oskar Schiller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17604},
year = {2025}
}
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34 pages