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Deformations of G2-structures with torsion

Differential Geometry 2018-02-16 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider non-infinitesimal deformations of G2-structures on 7-dimensional manifolds and derive an exact expression for the torsion of the deformed G2-structure. We then specialize to a case when the deformation is defined by a vector v and we explicitly derive the expressions for the different torsion components of the new G2-structure in terms of the old torsion components and derivatives of v. In particular this gives a set of differential equations for the vector v which have to be satisfied for a transition between G2-structures with particular torsions. For some specific torsion classes we find that these equations have no solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1108.2465,
  title  = {Deformations of G2-structures with torsion},
  author = {Sergey Grigorian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2465},
  year   = {2018}
}

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34 pages

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