scholarly journals The even Clifford structure of the fourth Severi variety

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Parton ◽  
Paolo Piccinni
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Severi Variety ◽  
Simply Connected

AbstractTheHermitian symmetric spaceM = EIII appears in the classification of complete simply connected Riemannian manifolds carrying a parallel even Clifford structure [19]. This means the existence of a real oriented Euclidean vector bundle E over it together with an algebra bundle morphism φ : Cl

scholarly journals Riemannian manifolds with local symmetry

2014 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 211-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter van Limbeek
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Local Symmetry ◽  
Universal Cover ◽  
Connected Components ◽  
Curved Manifolds ◽  
Locally Homogeneous ◽  
Simply Connected ◽  
Positively Curved ◽  
Aspherical Manifolds

We give a classification of many closed Riemannian manifolds M whose universal cover [Formula: see text] possesses a nontrivial amount of symmetry. More precisely, we consider closed Riemannian manifolds M such that [Formula: see text] has noncompact connected components. We prove that in many cases, such a manifold is as a fiber bundle over a locally homogeneous space. This is inspired by work of Eberlein (for non-positively curved manifolds) and Farb-Weinberger (for aspherical manifolds), and generalizes work of Frankel (for a semisimple group action). As an application, we characterize simply-connected Riemannian manifolds with both compact and finite volume noncompact quotients.

scholarly journals Non-reductive Homogeneous Pseudo-Riemannian Manifolds of Dimension Four

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Fels ◽  
A. G. Renner
Keyword(s):  
Riemannian Manifold ◽  
Constant Curvature ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Homogeneous Spaces ◽  
Isotropy Subgroup ◽  
Algebraic Classification ◽  
Ricci Flat ◽  
Einstein Spaces ◽  
Simply Connected

AbstractA method, due to Élie Cartan, is used to give an algebraic classification of the non-reductive homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds of dimension four. Only one case with Lorentz signature can be Einstein without having constant curvature, and two cases with (2, 2) signature are Einstein of which one is Ricci-flat. If a four-dimensional non-reductive homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifold is simply connected, then it is shown to be diffeomorphic to ℝ4. All metrics for the simply connected non-reductive Einstein spaces are given explicitly. There are no non-reductive pseudo-Riemannian homogeneous spaces of dimension two and none of dimension three with connected isotropy subgroup.

scholarly journals Two-Categorical Bundles and their Classifying Spaces

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils A. Baas ◽  
Marcel Bökstedt ◽  
Tore August Kro
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Vector Bundles ◽  
Vector Spaces ◽  
Bundle Theory ◽  
Classifying Spaces ◽  
Classifying Space ◽  
Principal Bundles

AbstractFor a 2-category 2C we associate a notion of a principal 2C-bundle. For the 2-category of 2-vector spaces, in the sense of M.M. Kapranov and V.A. Voevodsky, this gives the 2-vector bundles of N.A. Baas, B.I. Dundas and J. Rognes. Our main result says that the geometric nerve of a good 2-category is a classifying space for the associated principal 2-bundles. In the process of proving this we develop powerful machinery which may be useful in further studies of 2-categorical topology. As a corollary we get a new proof of the classification of principal bundles. Another 2-category of 2-vector spaces has been proposed by J.C. Baez and A.S. Crans. A calculation using our main theorem shows that in this case the theory of principal 2-bundles splits, up to concordance, as two copies of ordinary vector bundle theory. When 2C is a cobordism type 2-category we get a new notion of cobordism-bundles which turns out to be classified by the Madsen–Weiss spaces.

scholarly journals Yang–Mills theory and jumping curves

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550029
Author(s):  
Yasha Savelyev
Keyword(s):  
Vector Bundle ◽  
Holomorphic Vector Bundle ◽  
Chain Complex ◽  
Complex Manifolds ◽  
Smooth Manifolds ◽  
Hermitian Vector Bundle ◽  
Connected Manifold ◽  
Classical Sense ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Simply Connected

We study a smooth analogue of jumping curves of a holomorphic vector bundle, and use Yang–Mills theory over S2 to show that any non-trivial, smooth Hermitian vector bundle E over a smooth simply connected manifold, must have such curves. This is used to give new examples complex manifolds for which a non-trivial holomorphic vector bundle must have jumping curves in the classical sense (when c1(E) is zero). We also use this to give a new proof of a theorem of Gromov on the norm of curvature of unitary connections, and make the theorem slightly sharper. Lastly we define a sequence of new non-trivial integer invariants of smooth manifolds, connected to this theory of smooth jumping curves, and make some computations of these invariants. Our methods include an application of the recently developed Morse–Bott chain complex for the Yang–Mills functional over S2.

Surgery Theory and the Classification of Closed, Simply Connected 4-manifolds

2021 ◽  
pp. 331-352
Author(s):  
Patrick Orson ◽  
Mark Powell ◽  
Arunima Ray
Keyword(s):  
Embedding Theorem ◽  
Surgery Theory ◽  
Simply Connected

Surgery theory and the classification of simply connected 4-manifolds comprise two key consequences of the disc embedding theorem. The chapter begins with an introduction to surgery theory from the perspective of 4-manifolds. In particular, the terms and maps in the surgery sequence are defined, and an explanation is given as to how the sphere embedding theorem, with the added ingredient of topological transversality, can be used to define the maps in the surgery sequence and show that it is exact. The surgery sequence is applied to classify simply connected closed 4-manifolds up to homeomorphism. The chapter closes with a survey of related classification results.

The Development of Topological 4-manifold Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 295-330
Author(s):  
Mark Powell ◽  
Arunima Ray
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Space ◽  
Dimensional Euclidean Space ◽  
Smooth Structures ◽  
Normal Bundles ◽  
Exotic Smooth Structures ◽  
Poincare Conjecture ◽  
Manifold Theory ◽  
Simply Connected

The development of topological 4-manifold theory is described in the form of a flowchart showing the interdependence among many key statements in the theory. In particular, the flowchart demonstrates how the theory crucially relies on the constructions in this book, what goes into the work of Quinn on smoothing, normal bundles, and transversality, and what is needed to deduce the famous consequences, such as the classification of closed, simply connected, topological 4-manifolds, the category preserving Poincaré conjecture, and the existence of exotic smooth structures on 4-dimensional Euclidean space. Precise statements of the results, brief indications of some proofs, and extensive references are provided.

scholarly journals Unitary spherical representations of Drinfeld doubles

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (742) ◽  
pp. 157-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Arano
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Group ◽  
Lie Group ◽  
Complete Classification ◽  
Unitary Representations ◽  
Compact Lie Group ◽  
Drinfeld Double ◽  
Quantum Analogue ◽  
Property T ◽  
Simply Connected

Abstract We study irreducible spherical unitary representations of the Drinfeld double of the q-deformation of a connected simply connected compact Lie group, which can be considered as a quantum analogue of the complexification of the Lie group. In the case of \mathrm{SU}_{q}(3) , we give a complete classification of such representations. As an application, we show the Drinfeld double of the quantum group \mathrm{SU}_{q}(2n+1) has property (T), which also implies central property (T) of the dual of \mathrm{SU}_{q}(2n+1) .

scholarly journals r-Harmonic and Complex Isoparametric Functions on the Lie Groups $${{\mathbb {R}}}^m \ltimes {{\mathbb {R}}}^n$$ and $${{\mathbb {R}}}^m \ltimes \mathrm {H}^{2n+1}$$

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-496
Author(s):  
Sigmundur Gudmundsson ◽  
Marko Sobak
Keyword(s):  
Heisenberg Group ◽  
Lie Groups ◽  
Lie Group ◽  
Riemannian Manifolds ◽  
Harmonic Functions ◽  
Semidirect Products ◽  
Simply Connected ◽  
Isoparametric Functions ◽  
General Method

Abstract In this paper we introduce the notion of complex isoparametric functions on Riemannian manifolds. These are then employed to devise a general method for constructing proper r-harmonic functions. We then apply this to construct the first known explicit proper r-harmonic functions on the Lie group semidirect products $${{\mathbb {R}}}^m \ltimes {{\mathbb {R}}}^n$$ R m ⋉ R n and $${{\mathbb {R}}}^m \ltimes \mathrm {H}^{2n+1}$$ R m ⋉ H 2 n + 1 , where $$\mathrm {H}^{2n+1}$$ H 2 n + 1 denotes the classical $$(2n+1)$$ ( 2 n + 1 ) -dimensional Heisenberg group. In particular, we construct such examples on all the simply connected irreducible four-dimensional Lie groups.

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