Minimal rational curves and 1-flat irreducible G-structures (Q2124385)

In the paper the authors study irreducible \(G\)-structures admitting torsion-free affine connections in the setting of algebraic geometry, by considering varieties of minimal rational tangents (VMRT) associated to families of minimal rational curves on uniruled projective manifolds. They prove that such a structure has to be locally symmetric when the dimension of the uniruled projective manifold is at least 5. When the VMRT at a general point of the uniruled projective manifold is isomorphic to a subadjoint variety they show that without the assumption of 1-flatness, the structure arising from VMRT is always locally flat. To prove the result they use the method of Cartan connections considering the Cartan connections for certain geometric structures on the spaces of minimal rational curves. In particular, they apply a method developed by the authors in [J. Geom. Anal. 32, No. 6, Paper No. 179, 37 p. (2022; Zbl 07505946)] where they described for a general class of geometric structures the obstructions to the existence of Cartan connections as certain holomorphic tensors.