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Torsion of SU(2)-structures and Ricci curvature in dimension 5

Differential Geometry 2014-05-26 v3

Abstract

In anlogy with the work of R. Bryant on the Ricci tensor of a G2_2-structure, we study the intrinsic torsion of an SU(2)(2)-structure on a 5-dimensional manifold deriving an explicit expression for the Ricci and the scalar curvature in terms of torsion forms and its derivative. As a consequence of this formula we prove that the α\alpha-Einstein condition forces some special SU(2)-structures to be Sasaki-Einstein.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702790,
  title  = {Torsion of SU(2)-structures and Ricci curvature in dimension 5},
  author = {Lucio Bedulli and Luigi Vezzoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702790},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

18 pages, The main formula has been corrected