Lifting \(SU(3)\)-structures to nearly parallel \(G_2\)-structures (Q2518932)

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Lifting \(SU(3)\)-structures to nearly parallel \(G_2\)-structures
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    Lifting \(SU(3)\)-structures to nearly parallel \(G_2\)-structures (English)
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    21 January 2009
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    \textit{N. Hitchin} has shown [J. Differ. Geom. 55, No.~3, 547--576 (2000; Zbl 1036.53042); Contemp. Math. 288, 70--89 (2001; Zbl 1004.53034)] that half-flat \(SU(3)\)-structures on a six-dimensional manifold \(M\) can be lifted to parallel \(G_{2}\)-structures on the product \(M\times \mathbb R\). In the paper under review, the author shows that Hitchin's approach can also be used to construct nearly parallel \(G_{2}\)-structures by lifting so-called nearly half-flat structures. These \(SU(3)\)-structures are described by pairs \((\omega ,\varphi )\) of stable 2- and 3-forms with d\(\varphi = \lambda \omega^2\), for some \(\lambda \in \mathbb R \setminus \{0\}\).
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    \(G_{2}\) manifolds
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    nearly half-flat
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    \(SU(3)\) manifolds
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    nearly Kähler
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    Einstein manifolds
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