Generalised Einstein condition and cone construction for parabolic geometries

arXiv0705.2390MaRDI QIDQ6205635FDOQ6205635

Authors: Stuart Armstrong 

Publication date: 16 May 2007

Abstract: This paper attempts to define a generalisation of the standard Einstein condition (in conformal/metric geometry) to any parabolic geometry. To do so, it shows that any preserved involution $sigma$ of the adjoint bundle $mcA$ gives rise, given certain algebraic conditions, to a unique preferred affine connection $abla$ with covariantly constant rho-tensor $mathsfP$, compatible with the algebraic bracket on $mcA$. These conditions can reasonably be considered the generalisations of the Einstein condition, and recreate the standard Einstein condition in conformal geometry. The existence of such an involution is implies by some simpler structures: preserved metrics when the overall algebra $mfg$ is $mfsl(m,mbbF)$, preserved complex structures anti-commuting with the skew-form for $mfg=mfsp(2m,mbbF)$, and preserved subundles of the tangent bundle, of a certain rank, for all the other non-exceptional simple Lie algebras. Examples of Einstein involutions are constructed or referenced for several geometries. The existence of cone constructions for certain Einstein involutions is then demonstrated.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal and unitary groups in metric geometry (51F25) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Metric geometry (51F99) Projective connections (53B10) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Other connections (53B15)

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