Thorpe–Hitchin inequality for compact Einstein 4-manifolds of metric signature (++−−) and the generalized Hirzebruch index formula

DOI10.1063/1.525599zbMath0518.53063MaRDI QIDQ3667568

Yasuo Matsushita

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525599

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristic; Einstein metric; Hirzebruch signature; metrics of signature \((2,2)\); Petrov form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences

53C25: Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

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Cites Work

• On Euler characteristics of compact Einstein 4-manifolds of metric signature (++−−)