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The complex Goldberg-Sachs theorem in higher dimensions
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    The complex Goldberg-Sachs theorem in higher dimensions (English)
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    7 May 2012
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    This paper presents a comprehensive study of the geometric properties of some holomorphic distributions of totally null \(m\)-planes on complex Riemannian manifolds of certain dimensions. The author finds algebraic conditions for the Weyl tensor and the Cotton-York tensor which guarantee the integrability of the distribution, and in odd dimensions, of its orthogonal complement. It is shown that these results generalize the Petrov classification of the (anti-)self-dual part of the complex Weyl tensor and the complex Goldberg-Sachs theorem. In addition, higher dimensional analogues of the Petrov type \(D\) condition are defined and the results are adapted to real smooth pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. The applications to Hermitian geometry and Robinson (or optical) geometry are discussed.
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    integrability of distributions
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    null foliations
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    curvature prescription
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    complex geometry
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    conformal geometry
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    twistor geometry
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