Free 3-distributions: holonomy, Fefferman constructions and dual distributions

MaRDI QIDQ6206561zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Stuart Armstrong

Publication date 22 August 2007

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear and affine connections (53B05) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds (58J70) Other connections (53B15) CR manifolds (32V99)

Abstract: This paper analyses the parabolic geometries generated by a free 3-distribution in the tangent space of a manifold. It shows the existence of normal Fefferman constructions over CR and Lagrangian contact structures corresponding to holonomy reductions to SO(4,2) and SO(3,3), respectively. There is also a fascinating construction of a `dual' distribution when the holonomy reduces to ${G_2}^{\prime }$. The paper concludes with some holonomy constructions for free $n$-distributions for $n>3$.

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