Metrisability of three-dimensional path geometries

DOI10.1007/S40879-016-0095-3zbMATH Open1360.53025arXiv1408.2170OpenAlexW1420523113MaRDI QIDQ503213FDOQ503213

Authors: Maciej Dunajski, M. Eastwood 

Publication date: 11 January 2017

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

Abstract: Given a projective structure on a three-dimensional manifold, we find explicit obstructions to the local existence of a Levi-Civita connection in the projective class. These obstructions are given by projectively invariant tensors algebraically constructed from the projective Weyl curvature. We show, by examples, that their vanishing is necessary but not sufficient for local metrisability.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.2170

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zbMATH Keywords

metrisabilityWeyl geometrypath geometryprojective differential geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective connections (53B10)

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