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Torsion-free $G_2$-structures with identical Riemannian metric

Differential Geometry 2017-08-31 v1

Abstract

Based on a general formula due to R.Bryant, we work out the topological structure of the space of torsion-free G2G_2-structures generating the same associated Riemannian metric on a compact 77-manifold. We also identify a corresponding Lie group-theoretic structure of the space. These observations are then used to describe the moduli space of torsion-free G2G_2-structures in certain cases - by way of covering spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1708.09119,
  title  = {Torsion-free $G_2$-structures with identical Riemannian metric},
  author = {Christopher Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.09119},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

18 pages, to appear in Journal of Topology and Analysis (2018) - accepted May 9, 2017. Some results overlap with arXiv:1510.04226