The mean curvature of first-order submanifolds in exceptional geometries with torsion

DOI10.1007/S10455-020-09735-4MaRDI QIDQ2227504zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gavin Ball, Jesse Madnick

Publication date 15 February 2021

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.08119

zbMATH Keywords

associativeCayleycoassociativeG-structureintrinsic torsionmean curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Calibrations and calibrated geometries (53C38) Differential geometry of immersions (minimal, prescribed curvature, tight, etc.) (53C42)

Abstract: We derive formulas for the mean curvature of associative 3-folds, coassociative 4-folds, and Cayley 4-folds in the general case where the ambient space has intrinsic torsion. Consequently, we are able to characterize those G2-structures (resp., Spin(7)-structures) for which every associative 3-fold (resp. coassociative 4-fold, Cayley 4-fold) is a minimal submanifold. In the process, we obtain new obstructions to the local existence of coassociative 4-folds in G2-structures with torsion.

Review text

In this paper, the authors derive formulas for the mean curvature of associative \(3\)-folds, coassociative \(4\)-folds, and Cayley \(4\)-folds in the general case where the ambient space has intrinsic torsion. Consequently, they are able to characterize those \(\mathrm{G}_2\)-structures (resp., \(\mathrm{Spin}(7)\)-structures) for which every associative \(3\)-fold (resp. coassociative \(4\)-fold, Cayley \(4\)-fold) is a minimal submanifold. In the process, they obtain new obstructions to the local existence of coassociative \(4\)-folds in \(\mathrm{G}_2\)-structures with torsion.

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