Invariant prolongation of the Killing tensor equation

DOI10.1007/S10231-018-0775-3zbMATH Open1419.53017arXiv1802.05866OpenAlexW2962909631WikidataQ129462580 ScholiaQ129462580MaRDI QIDQ667360FDOQ667360

Authors: Rod Gover, Thomas Leistner 

Publication date: 12 March 2019

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Killing tensor equation is a first order differential equation on symmetric covariant tensors that generalises to higher rank the usual Killing vector equation on Riemannian manifolds. We view this more generally as an equation on any manifold equipped with an affine connection, and in this setting derive its prolongation to a linear connection. This connection has the property that parallel sections are in 1-1 correspondence with solutions of the Killing equation. Moreover this connection is projectively invariant and is derived entirely using the projectively invariant tractor calculus which reveals also further invariant structures linked to the prolongation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05866

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zbMATH Keywords

Riemannian manifoldshidden symmetriesintegrabilityprojective differential geometryaffine manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Projective connections (53B10) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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