What is... a G_2 manifold?
Differential Geometry
2011-04-13 v1
Abstract
This is a very short and elementary introduction to G_2 manifolds. We stress the similarities and the differences with K\"ahler manifolds in general and with Calabi-Yau manifolds in particular.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1104.2296,
title = {What is... a G_2 manifold?},
author = {Spiro Karigiannis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2296},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
3 pages, no figures. Published in the April 2011 issue of the Notices of the AMS