Remarks on the product of harmonic forms

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.250.353zbMATH Open1232.53033arXiv1001.2129OpenAlexW2115498077MaRDI QIDQ2431640FDOQ2431640

Authors: Liviu Ornea, Mihaela Pilca 

Publication date: 18 April 2011

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A metric is formal if all products of harmonic forms are again harmonic. The existence of a formal metric implies Sullivan formality of the manifold, and hence formal metrics can exist only in presence of a very restricted topology. We show that a warped product metric is formal if and only if the warping function is constant and derive further topological obstructions to the existence of formal metrics. In particular, we determine necessary and sufficicient conditions for a Vaisman metric to be formal.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2129

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zbMATH Keywords

Betti numberswarped productformalityVaisman manifoldharmonic form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Hodge theory in global analysis (58A14)

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• Transverse geometric formality
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• On the cohomology algebra of some classes of geometrically formal manifolds
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