On deformations of D-manifolds and CR D-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.11.007MaRDI QIDQ2428166zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 24 April 2012

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.11.007

CR \( \mathbf D\)-structure D-structure deformation differential graded Lie algebra para-complex structure para-CR structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graded Lie (super)algebras (17B70) Deformations of special (e.g., CR) structures (32G07) General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15)

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An almost \({\mathbf D}\)-structure (also named an almost para-complex structure) on a \(2n\)-dimensional manifold \(M\) is a \((1,1)\)-tensor field \(K\) such that \(K^2= \mathrm {Id}_{TM}\) and the two eigendistributions \(TM^+= \ker(\mathrm {Id}- K)\), \(TM^-= \ker(\mathrm {Id}+ K)\) have the same rank \(n\). In particular, if \(TM^+\), \(TM^-\) are involutive distributions, \(K\) is called a \({\mathbf D}\)-structure (para-complex structure). The aim of this paper is the development of the algebraic theory involved in the study of small deformations of \({\mathbf D}\)-structures on a compact \({\mathbf D}\)-manifold. Following [\textit{C. Medori} and \textit{A. Tomassini}, J. Noncommut. Geom. 5, No. 4, 507--522 (2011; Zbl 1235.53030)], given a compact \({\mathbf D}\)-manifold \((M,K)\), one introduces a differential graded lie algebra (DGLA) \(({\mathcal A},,,\overline\partial_K)\). The deformations of \(K\) are parametrized by the 1-degree elements of \({\mathcal A}\) that satisfy the Maurer-Cartan equation. The author embeds \({\mathcal A}\) in another DGLA and restates the integrability condition of the deformations in terms of a new operator. In the second part of the paper, the analogous problem for CR \({\mathbf D}\)-structures on a compact contact manifold is considered. Finally, the author constructs families of CR \({\mathbf D}\)-structures and studies their deformations on two contact manifolds, namely the \(2n+1\)-dimensional Heisenberg group and a 5-dimensional compact quotient of a suitable nilpotent Lie group.

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