Harmonic Sp(2)-invariant G₂-structures on the 7-sphere

DOI10.1007/S12220-022-00953-9zbMATH Open1506.53033arXiv2103.11552OpenAlexW4285800724WikidataQ114221012 ScholiaQ114221012MaRDI QIDQ2157488FDOQ2157488

Authors: Eric Loubeau, Andrés J. Moreno, Henrique N. Sá Earp, Julieth Saavedra 

Publication date: 22 July 2022

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe the $10$-dimensional space of $Sp(2)$-invariant $G_2$-structures on the homogeneous $7$-sphere $S^7=Sp(2)/Sp(1)$ as $mathbb{R}^{+}imesG{l}^{+}(3,mathbbR)$. In those terms, we formulate a general Ansatz for $G_2$-structures, which realises representatives in each of the $7$ possible isometric classes of homogeneous $G_2$-structures. Moreover, the well-known nearly parallel round and squashed metrics occur naturally as opposite poles in an $S^3$-family, the equator of which is a new $S^2$-family of coclosed $G_2$-structures satisfying the harmonicity condition $divT=0$. We show general existence of harmonic representatives of $G_2$-structures in each isometric class through explicit solutions of the associated flow and describe the qualitative behaviour of the flow. We study the stability of the Dirichlet gradient flow near these critical points, showing explicit examples of degenerate and nondegenerate local maxima and minima, at various regimes of the general Ansatz. Finally, for metrics outside of the Ansatz, we identify families of harmonic $G_2$-structures, prove long-time existence of the flow and study the stability properties of some well-chosen examples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.11552

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zbMATH Keywords

geometric flowenergy functionalhomogeneous spacesecond variation of energy\(\text{G}_2\)-structuresharmonic \(\text{G}_2\) structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(G)-structures (53C10) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Differential geometric aspects of harmonic maps (53C43)

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