Thorpe–Hitchin inequality for compact Einstein 4-manifolds of metric signature (++−−) and the generalized Hirzebruch index formula

DOI10.1063/1.525599zbMath0518.53063OpenAlexW2068595120MaRDI QIDQ3667568

Yasuo Matsushita

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525599

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristicEinstein metricHirzebruch signaturemetrics of signature \((2,2)\)Petrov form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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Cites Work

• On Euler characteristics of compact Einstein 4-manifolds of metric signature (++−−)

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